Pro-union
voters have endured stone-throwing and been called traitors
Many
are now said to be too scared to show their support of a No vote
Ed
Miliband was forced to abandon visit to Edinburgh shopping centre
The dark side of the campaign for
Scottish independence can be laid bare today.
In a string of sinister incidents,
separatists have used bullying and intimidation to cow their rivals.
Pro-union voters have endured
stone-throwing, been called traitors and faced threats that their houses will
be torched.
Many are now said to be too scared to
show their support for fear of reprisals that might follow a defeat for the
nationalists in tomorrow’s vote.
Yesterday, Labour leader Ed Miliband
was forced to abandon a visit to an Edinburgh shopping centre after he was
surrounded by Yes supporters who jostled him and branded him a ‘****ing liar’.
His minders had to step in to escort him to safety.
Further acts of intimidation have been
reported by the No camp across Scotland, including:
·
Hundreds of campaign boards have been
daubed with offensive graffiti or destroyed;
·
Homes with ‘No Thanks’ posters have
been pelted with eggs and one householder in Edinburgh had ‘traitor’ etched
into his front door;
·
Farmers have received anonymous phone
calls saying their livestock will be set loose unless they take down campaign
boards
·
Nationalists have bragged on Facebook
about ripping down No signs and posted videos of them stamping on the posters
·
Pro-union canvassers been called
‘loyalist scum’ and ordered to hand over details of supporters so their ‘houses
can be burned down’.
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