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4 March 2014

Douglas Alexander’s speech on Scottish independence: full text

"Let us reject a damaging divorce, and instead vote for the best of both worlds: More of the decisions that matter to Scots being taken here in Scotland, backed up by the strength, stability and security of the UK."

By Douglas Alexander

(Photo By Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander speaks at the Labour conference in Liverpool in 2011. Photograph: Getty Images.)

It is a great honour, and a real pleasure, to be here at the University of Glasgow.

 

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