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| Ruth Davidson: Unionists must 'hammer home' message | Ruth Davidson: Unionists must 'hammer home' message |
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| Pro-Union campaigners must "hammer home" the benefits of remaining part of the UK in the run up to next year's independence referendum, according to the Scottish Conservative leader. | Pro-Union campaigners must "hammer home" the benefits of remaining part of the UK in the run up to next year's independence referendum, according to the Scottish Conservative leader. |
| In a speech later, Ruth Davidson will also say the UK would be worse off without Scotland. | In a speech later, Ruth Davidson will also say the UK would be worse off without Scotland. |
| Her slot on the main stage at the UK party conference comes just before David Cameron is due to speak. | Her slot on the main stage at the UK party conference comes just before David Cameron is due to speak. |
| The Prime Minister will also focus on the independence referendum. | The Prime Minister will also focus on the independence referendum. |
| The people of Scotland will vote in the referendum on 18 September next year. | The people of Scotland will vote in the referendum on 18 September next year. |
| They will be asked the straight yes/no question: "Should Scotland be an independent country?" | They will be asked the straight yes/no question: "Should Scotland be an independent country?" |
| In his closing speech to the Tory conference in Manchester, Mr Cameron will call on those living in the rest of the UK to make known how much they value Scotland as part of the Union. | In his closing speech to the Tory conference in Manchester, Mr Cameron will call on those living in the rest of the UK to make known how much they value Scotland as part of the Union. |
| Ms Davidson will also use her speech to issue a rallying cry for the Union. | Ms Davidson will also use her speech to issue a rallying cry for the Union. |
| She will say the referendum "is not the same as an election". | She will say the referendum "is not the same as an election". |
| "If we don't like the result, we can't just come back in five years' time and vote again. It is a choice that is vital and is binding," she will tell delegates. | |
| The Scottish Tory leader will also claim First Minister Alex Salmond has never spoken for the majority when he makes the case for independence. | The Scottish Tory leader will also claim First Minister Alex Salmond has never spoken for the majority when he makes the case for independence. |
| She is expected to add: "It's Alex Salmond who talks Britain down, saying Scots are desperate to leave. | She is expected to add: "It's Alex Salmond who talks Britain down, saying Scots are desperate to leave. |
| "Well, I'm telling you now: don't believe it. When it comes to this issue, Alex Salmond doesn't speak for a majority of Scots." | "Well, I'm telling you now: don't believe it. When it comes to this issue, Alex Salmond doesn't speak for a majority of Scots." |
| Plan for schools | |
| Ms Davidson will say those campaigning to keep Scotland in the UK are "not complacent". | Ms Davidson will say those campaigning to keep Scotland in the UK are "not complacent". |
| "In the months ahead we have a lot of work to do to hammer home to people just how much Scotland gains from being part of the United Kingdom and how much the United Kingdom benefits from Scotland being a member," she will say. | "In the months ahead we have a lot of work to do to hammer home to people just how much Scotland gains from being part of the United Kingdom and how much the United Kingdom benefits from Scotland being a member," she will say. |
| "There is no doubt the UK, as a nation, is greater than the sum of its parts." | "There is no doubt the UK, as a nation, is greater than the sum of its parts." |
| Earlier in the week, Ms Davidson told a fringe meeting at the Manchester conference that schools should be taken out of council control in order to give parents more say in how they are run. | |
| Changes could include locally elected boards in charge of everything from pay and conditions to building maintenance. | |
| Schools could also be created outside the current system, opening doors to groups of parents, not-for-profit community groups, religious groups and businesses under her new policy plan. | |
| She highlighted a system in New Zealand where schools are self-governing and managed within a national framework. Boards of trustees are elected by parents to give them "a real say" in the way their local school is run, she said. |