LEADER
OF the No campaign Alistair Darling has said that it would be a “tragedy” if
Scotland votes for independence tomorrow.
The
Better Together leader said the promise of further devolution from the main
Westminster parties would offer a “better change” than the uncertainty of
independence.
He
said some people involved in the increasingly bitter referendum campaign had
“stepped over the line” and an effort would be needed to “calm things down”
after the results come in.
Mr
Darling told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme a No vote would offer “faster, more
secure, better change within the United Kingdom than the years of wrangling
that would follow if we were to vote to leave the UK tomorrow”.
He
acknowledged that, despite the show of unity by David Cameron, Ed Miliband and
Nick Clegg, there was a “difference between the parties” over the extent of the
powers that would be devolved, but pointed out that had also been the case
before the establishment of the Scottish Parliament and the most recent
transfer of competences to Holyrood.
Mr
Darling stressed that the stakes were high, and there would be no turning back
from the results of tomorrow’s vote.
“This
is to settle the matter for a generation because I don’t think there’s any
appetite in Scotland for another referendum,” he said.
“It’s
not like a general election where you can give the government a good kicking if
you don’t like them.
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