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Only a new Act of Union can save the UK from break-up

Do you feel the world is safer today than in, say, 1989? If not, you agree with us, three politicians from three parties: a Scot, a South African Welshman and an Englishman of Welsh and Irish descent. We certainly do not wholly agree with each other on…

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I am just as much British and European as I am Scottish. And I don’t mind England either

It is a very odd feeling, the possibility that a majority of my fellow Scots could vote to take away my British citizenship on 18 September .

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Scottish independence: ‘I am as British and European as Scottish’

It is a very odd feeling, the possibility that a majority of my fellow Scots could vote to take away my British citizenship on 18 September.

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I will vote no to independence because I love Scotland

‘We are being asked to give up intangible benefits such as shared values, mutual respect, common responsibilities and family ties.’ Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty

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Liberal Democrat conference 2013: Nick Clegg can tell his party to hold their nerve

The Lib Dem leader never said it would be easy, but the economic crisis is being resolved

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