3 main parties see home rule for Scots
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BRITAIN’S three main parties are coming closer to agreement on giving more powers to Scotland if voters reject independence, according to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
The Liberal Democrat leader said yesterday his party, their coalition partners the Conservatives, and the Labour opposition had to offer the Scottish people opportunities if they opt to stay in the United Kingdom in the September 18 referendum.
The three main parties are united in being firmly opposed to Scottish independence. The campaign to break away from the rest of the UK is led by Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond, who leads the pro-independence Scottish National Party.
Clegg was making the claim at the Scottish Lib Dem party conference yesterday in Scotland’s oil capital, Aberdeen.
“Just as it is right that we must explain the risks and consequences of Scotland voting to leave the union, we must also set out the opportunities of voting to stay,” Clegg said.
“The prospect of remaining in the UK must be just as thrilling as the drama of leaving it. Rejecting independence will not be choosing the status quo. It must, I believe, be a giant leap towards our long-held liberal vision: home rule,” he said. “There is now an ever-hardening consensus between the Liberal Democrats, Labour and the Conservatives over greater devolution to Scotland.”
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