As told to Jonathan Foreman…
To my fellow citizens
I would like to apologise for the role I have played in the dismantling of the United Kingdom.
I am sure there is little need for me to tell you that I never dreamed that my Prime Ministership would be the Union’s last, or that I would be the person ultimately responsible for the needless destruction of one of the most successful polities in the history of Europe and indeed the world.
However, I must take responsibility for what has happened.
First of all, the blame is mine for allowing the referendum question to be worded in a way that inevitably favoured the secessionist cause. As is obvious now, I should have insisted on wording such as: ‘Do you think Scotland should leave the United Kingdom?’ or ‘Should Scotland remain part of the United Kingdom?’
Unfortunately my career in television PR and then at the top of Conservative politics gave me little training in the art of negotiation.
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