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Scottish Independence: Prime Minister David Cameron claims Scots do not want to live and work in 'foreign country'
PM says Scots in England tell him they do not want to be expats from an independent Scotland

Prime Minister David Cameron claimed yesterday that Scottish people did not want to live or work in a “foreign country” after independence.

On the second day of a visit north of the border, Mr Cameron said: “People in Scotland say to me ‘I’ve got children working or studying in London,’ and people in London say to me: ‘I’ve got children working or studying in Scotland.’

“Do we really want to have a situation where they are working or studying in a foreign country?”

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