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Danny Alexander makes Scotland devolution plea

LABOUR frontbencher Douglas Alexander was due today to call on Yes voters to make devolution work if Scotland rejects independence this September.

Speaking in Edinburgh, exactly 15 years after Scottish Parliament’s first sitting, Mr Alexander will call for a “politics of opponents, not enemies” whatever the outcome.

The latest YouGov poll shows the No lead up 6 points on last month, with Yes on 34 per cent and No on 54 per cent.  

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