Scottish independence: Boris wants ‘No’ positivity

LONDON mayor Boris Johnson has warned that those campaigning to keep the UK together should stop being negative, and revealed that his car bears a bumper sticker reading “I heart Scotland”.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson, leaving today's event. Picture: PA

Speaking to journalists at the Commons Press Gallery lunch, Mr Johnson reminded his audience that, with 400,000 Scots in the UK capital, he is in charge of the third-largest Scottish city in the world.

However, in a criticism of the Better Together campaign, he said: “We English who heart Scotland should be more emphatic about that and stop playing on the kind of ‘You’ll regret it if you go’ thing.”

He added: “I think that I would respond badly to be in endlessly warned and hectored. If I was told there was value in the Union and that it is a wonderful thing and that we were better off together I think I’d respond better.”

He said the ‘I heart Scotland’ was put there by the Strathclyde Police when they came down to the Notting Hill carnival.

He went on: “I’m a huge, huge supporter of the union.

“There will be a union in 50 years time, there is absolutely no doubt about that.”

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