Lawmakers urge British leaders to fight harder to prevent Scotland split

British Prime Minister David Cameron was urged by fellow lawmakers on Wednesday to "drop everything else and fight" to keep Scotland part of the United Kingdom, two weeks before a referendum vote which polls show is becoming increasingly close. Edward Leigh, a member of Cameron's Conservative party, said that leaders of Britain's three main political parties - all of whom are campaigning against independence - had been complacent that they would win the vote. "If we were to lose the union, that would not only be a disaster for Scotland but a national humiliation of catastrophic proportions." The unionists had enjoyed a healthy lead over independence supporters throughout much of the campaign, but the gap has narrowed since a televised debate last month in which nationalist leader Alex Salmond was judged to have bested his main opponent from the "Better Together" campaign. "In spite of the political differences we have, we agree about one thing: not just that Scotland is better off inside the United Kingdom, but that the United Kingdom is better off with Scotland inside it," he said.

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