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DavidCameron’sSpeechonScottishIndependenceLeeValleyVelopark,London,EnglandFeb.7,2014IwanttothankGlasgowCaledonianforco-hostingthisevent. Thisisafantastic,forward-lookinguniversity–andweareverygratefulforyoursupporttodayaswearetotheLeeValleyVeloPark,forhostingusinthismagnificentspace.Lessthan2yearsago,thisVelodromewasacauldronofexcitement.ChrisHoywasrippingaroundat40milesperhourIwasupthere,Ihadawholeseatbutbelieveme,Ionlyusedtheedge.3moregolds–anincrediblenight. Butforme,thebestthingabouttheOlympicswasn’tthewinning.Itwasthered,thewhite,theblue.Itwasthesummerthatpatriotismcameoutoftheshadowsandintothesun.EveryonecheeringasoneforTeamGB. Andit’sTeamGBIwanttotalkabouttoday. OurUnitedKingdom.Lastyear,thedatefortheScottishreferendumwasfixed.Thecountdownwasset.Andtoday,wehavejustover7monthsuntilthatvote.CenturiesofhistoryhanginthebalanceaquestionmarkhangsoverthefutureofourUnitedKingdom.IfpeoplevoteyesinSeptember,thenScotlandwillbecomeanindependentcountry.Therewillbenogoingback. AsIhavemadeclear,thisisadecisionthatissquarelyandsolelyforthoseinScotlandtomake.IpassionatelybelieveitisintheirintereststostayintheUK.ThatwayScotlandhasthespacetotakedecisions,whilestillhavingthesecuritythatcomeswithbeingpartofsomethingbigger. FromHolyroodtheycandecidewhathappensineveryhospital,schoolandpolicestationinScotlandandintheUK,Scotlandispartofamajorglobalplayer.ThesearetheargumentswewillkeeponputtingtillSeptember18th.Itistheirchoice,theirvote. Butmyargumenttodayisthatwhileonly4millionpeoplecanvoteinthisreferendum,all63millionofusareprofoundlyaffected.Thereare63millionofuswhocouldwakeuponSeptember19thinadifferentcountry,withadifferentfutureaheadofit. That’swhythisspeechisaddressednotsomuchtothepeopleofScotland,buttothepeopleofEngland,WalesandNorthernIreland.Withinthesecountriesthereareawholerangeofdifferentviewsaboutthisreferendum.TherearethoseI’dcallthe‘quietpatriots’:peoplewholovetheUK,loveourflagandourhistory–butthinkthere’snothingmuchtheycandotoencourageScotlandtostayintheUKsotheystayout