海亮说演讲：Our country is at stake

I want to thank you for the passion you have shown in this whole campaign.I want to thank you for the leadership you give to the Conservatives in the Scotland.But above all,I want to thank you for the such clear message you’ve given about how we are better together.You have been an absolute model in this campaign.Thank you. We meet in a week that could change the United Kingdom forever.Indeed,it could end the United Kingdom as we know it. On Thursday,Scotland votes,and the future of our coutry is at stake. On Friday,people could be living in a different country,with a different place in the world and a different future ahead of it. This is a decision that could break up our family of nations,and rip Scotland from the rest of the UK. And we must be very clear. There’s on going back from this.No re-run. This is a once-and-for-all decision. If Scotland votes yes,the UK will split,and we will go our separate ways forever. When people vote on Thursday they are not just voting for themselves,but fortheir children and grandchildren and the generations beyond. So I want to speak very directly to the people of this country today about what is at stake. UNITED KINGDOM I believe I speak for millions of people across England,Wales and Northern Ireland and many in Scotland,too, who would be utterly heart-broken by the break-up of the United Kingdom. Utterly heart-broken to wake up on Friday morning to the end of the country we love to know that Scots would no longer join with the English,Welsh and Northern Irish in your Army,Navy and Air Force,in our UK-wide celebrations and commemorations,or in UK sporting teams from the Olympics to the British Lions.The United Kingdom would be no more.No UK pensions,No UK passports,No UK pound. The greatest example of democracy the world has ever known,of openness of people of different nationalities and faiths coming together as one,would be no more.It would be the end of a country that launched the Enlightenment,that abolished slavery,that drove the industrial revolution,that defeated fascism, the end of a country that people around the world respect and admire,the end of a country that all of us call home.and you know what? We built this home together. It’s only become Great Britain because of the greatness of Scotland.Because of the thinkers,writers,artises,leaders,soldiers,inventors who have made this country what it is. It’s Alexander Flemin and David Hume;J.k.Rowling and Aandy Murray and all the millions of people who have played their part in this extraordinary success story.the Scots who led the charge on pensions and the NHS and on social justice. We did all this together. For the people of Scotland to walk away now would be like painstakingly building a home,and then walking out the door and throwing away the keys. So I would say to everone voting on Thursday,please remember. This isn’t just any old country.This is the United Kingdom.This is our country. And you know what makes us truly great?it’s not our ecomomic might or military prowess-it’s our values.Britsh values:Fairness.Freedom.Justice. The vales that say wherever you are,whoever you are,your life has dignity and worth. The values tha say we don’t walk on by when people are sick,that we don’t ask for your credit card in the hospital,that we don’t turn our backs when you get old and frail,that we don’t turn a blind eye or a cold heart to people around the world who are desperate and crying out for help. This is what Britain means.This is what makes us the greatest country on earth. And ti’s why millions of us could not bear to see that country ending-for good,for ever-on Friday.