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Mr Winston Churchill, addressing a great audience in Edinburgh, last night said: "I must make it quite clear that the Unionist and Conservative Party has no intention of severing the link of Parliamentary union which since 1707 has joined Scotland to Great Britain." His visit marked the conclusion of the annual two-day conference of the Scottish Unionist Association and in his speech the leader of the party attacked the Government's methods of dealing with the difficulties at home, clarified his own party's policy on Scottish affairs and ended with an appraisal of the world situation. Mr Churchill said: "England, and the whole British Empire, have suffered misfortune in the shadow of Socialist rule. But it is not the custom of Scotland to leave a friend and comrade's side in times of doubt and danger. We cannot do without each other. Let us march together out of the shadow as we have done before."

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