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| Scots split would harm UK - Brown | Scots split would harm UK - Brown |
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| Chancellor Gordon Brown will warn that everyone in the United Kingdom would suffer economically and culturally if Scotland voted for independence. | Chancellor Gordon Brown will warn that everyone in the United Kingdom would suffer economically and culturally if Scotland voted for independence. |
| Mr Brown will tell the Scottish Labour Party conference that the economic futures of Scotland and the rest of the UK are inextricably linked. | Mr Brown will tell the Scottish Labour Party conference that the economic futures of Scotland and the rest of the UK are inextricably linked. |
| "Two-and-a-half million people in Scotland have a family in England," he wrote in the Daily Record newspaper. | "Two-and-a-half million people in Scotland have a family in England," he wrote in the Daily Record newspaper. |
| He also pointed to other signs that England and Scotland are moving closer. | He also pointed to other signs that England and Scotland are moving closer. |
| "Almost one in six Scots make their home south of the border and 400,000 people who live in Scotland are English-born." | "Almost one in six Scots make their home south of the border and 400,000 people who live in Scotland are English-born." |
| In his conference speech, he will also claim that Britain is a model for how countries can co-operate together. | In his conference speech, he will also claim that Britain is a model for how countries can co-operate together. |
| HAVE YOUR SAY Scottish independence would rebalance the whole of the UK Colin, Glasgow Send us your comments | |
| The BBC's Political Correspondent Norman Smith says Mr Brown's comments come amid mounting fears within the government that the Scottish National Party could be victorious in next May's elections to the Scottish parliament. | The BBC's Political Correspondent Norman Smith says Mr Brown's comments come amid mounting fears within the government that the Scottish National Party could be victorious in next May's elections to the Scottish parliament. |
| On Friday, Prime Minister Tony Blair urged Labour to defend Scotland from the "constitutional nightmare" of an SNP government. | On Friday, Prime Minister Tony Blair urged Labour to defend Scotland from the "constitutional nightmare" of an SNP government. |