THE Daily Echo today throws its weight behind the Better Together campaign in the battle to decide the Scottish Independence referendum.
The newspaper has come out and declared its support for the campaign to keep Scotland part of the UK even though no one here in Hampshire has the right to vote on September 18.
Yet we have decided to make a stand because we believe the break-up of the Union would have huge implications for every man, woman and child in our region.
An exclusive survey by the Daily Echo of 500 people in Hampshire has found that nearly seven in 10 (69.8 per cent) want Scotland to remain part of the UK.
In addition 45.8 per cent think they should have a vote in the referendum.
The Daily Echo is calling on those who love the Union and wish our peoples to remain together to show their support by flying that most potent symbol of our family of nations – the Union Flag.
Editor-in-Chief Ian Murray said: "By flying the flag between now and September 18 from homes, offices, schools, colleges and factories, we can send a message from ordinary Hampshire people to those living north of the border that they are wanted."
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