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On the EU, it has to be ‘No’

BRITISH Establishment figures relied heavily on the fear factor during the Scottish independence referendum and they are doing the same on European Union membership.

Many Scots reacted negatively to slurs that they couldn’t run their own affairs without guidance from Westminster and the City of London.

There will be a similar reaction to the scaremongering by Britain Stronger In Europe figurehead and former M&S boss Lord Rose that leaving the EU would be a “leap into the dark.”

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