There could now be a new breed of celebrity: the “No-list”. Because 200 public figures – including the Olympic diver Tom Daley, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, physicist Stephen Hawking, broadcaster David Attenborough, actor Judi Dench, classicist Mary Beard and the journalists Jemima Khan and Mehdi Hasan – have signed an open letter imploring the people of Scotland to stay in the union.
Other well-known names who have signed the letter include the actor Helena Bonham-Carter, musician Sting, authors William Boyd, William Dalrymple and Malorie Blackman, comedians Jo Brand, Robert Webb and Steve Coogan, and the artist Tracey Emin.
The wide range of signatories on the letter, from Nobel prize winners to Turner prize winners, is a big boost to the Better Together campaign as it fights the battle against independence in the last weeks leading up to the referendum on 18 September.
Here’s the letter:
Dear Voters of Scotland,
The decision on whether to leave our shared country is, of course, absolutely yours alone. Nevertheless, that decision will have a huge effect on all of us, Scots and non-Scots, in the rest of the United Kingdom. We want to let you know how very much we value our bonds of citizenship with you, and to express our hope that you will vote to renew them. What unites us is much greater than what divides us. Let’s stay together.
Yours,
William DalrympleEddie IzzardSir Patrick StewartSir Bruce ForsythSir Mick JaggerStephen HawkingJenny AgutterSir Ben AinslieKriss AkabusiRoger AllamKirstie AllsopAlexander ArmstrongSir David AttenboroughSteve BackleyBaroness Joan BakewellFrances BarberAndy BarrowJohn BarrowmanMike BattGlen BaxterDavid AaronovitchHelena Bonham-CarterStanley BaxterMartin BayfieldMary BeardSarah BeenyAnthony BeevorAngelica BellDickie BirdCilla BlackGraeme BlackRoger BlackMalorie BlackmanRanjit BoltAlain de BottonWilliam BoydTracey BrabinLord Melvyn BraggJo BrandGyles BrandrethRob BrydonLouisa BuckSimon CallowWill CarlingPaul CartledgeGuy ChambersNick CohenMichelle CollinsColonel Tim CollinsOlivia ColmanCharlie CondouSusannah ConstantineSteve CooganDominic CooperRonnie CorbettSimon CowellJason CowleySara CoxAmanda CraigSteve CramRichard CurtisTom DaleyRichard DawkinsDame Judi DenchJeremy DellerLord Michael DobbsJimmy DohertyMichael DouglasSimon EasterbyGareth EdwardsJonathan EdwardsTracey EminSebastian FaulksBryan FerryRanulph FiennesBen FogleAmanda ForemanNeil FoxEmma FreudBernard GallacherKirsty GallacherGeorge GallowaySir John Eliot GardinerBamber GascoigneDavid GilmourHarvey GoldsmithDavid GoodhartLachlan GoudieDavid GowerAC GraylingWill GreenwoodTamsin GreigBaroness Tanni Grey-ThompsonLord Charles GuthrieHaydn GwynneMaggi HamblingMehdi HasanSir Max HastingsPeter HennessyJames HollandTom HollandTom HollanderGloria HunnifordConn IggledunJohn IllsleyBrendan IngleBetty JacksonSir Mike JacksonHoward JacobsonBaroness PD JamesGriff Rhys JonesTerry JonesChristopher KaneSir Anish KapoorRoss KempPaul KennyJemima KhanIndia KnightMartha Lane FoxBaroness Doreen LawrenceTory LawrenceKathy LetteRod LiddleLouise LintonJohn Lloyd (journalist)John Lloyd (producer)Lord Andrew Lloyd WebberGabby LoganKenny LoganSarah LucasDame Vera LynnJames MayMargaret MacMillanStephen ManganDavina McCallSir Ian McGeechanHeather McGregorAndy McNabJohn MichieDavid MitchellLord John MonksLewis MoodyMichael MorpurgoBill MorrisDavid MorrisseyPhilip MouldAl MurrayNeil StukeSir Paul NurseAndy NymanPeter OborneSir Michael ParkinsonFiona PhillipsAndy PuddicombeLord David PuttnamAnita RaniEsther RantzenSir Steve RedgraveDerek RedmondPete ReedLord Martin ReesPeter ReidBaroness Ruth RendellSir Cliff RichardHugo RifkindSir Tony RobinsonDavid RowntreeIan RushGreg RutherfordCJ SansomJune SarpongSimon SchamaJohn SessionsSandie ShawHelen SkeltonSir Tim SmitDan SnowPeter SnowPhil SpencerDavid StarkeyLord Jock StirrupNeil StukeStingTallia StormDavid SuchetAlan SugarGraeme SwannStella TennantDaley ThompsonAlan TitchmarshJames TimpsonKevin ToolisLynne TrussGavin TurkRoger UttleyDavid WalliamsZoë WanamakerRobert WebbRichard WentworthSir Alan WestDominic WestKevin Whateley
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