but as david cameron kept up the pressure from the olympic stadium in london the scottish national party has heavily criticized him for giving the speech south of the border. he wasn't actually talking to the scots he said he was actually talking to everybody else in the english the wealth of welsh in the northern irish he said four million scottish people would be able to vote in this referendum but in fact sixty three million people would be affected everybody in the british isles and he all the people who don't have a vote to play a party said you don't have a vote but you do have a voice so what he wants everybody to do is or tweet anyone scottish that we know and tell them that we don't want them to be that's essentially his message today we want you to stay and that message betrays his worry really and could be quite timely in the recent poll has shown that support for scottish independence south of the border has leapt a little bit in the last few months january poll showed twenty four percent in support up from twenty one percent in november so he'll be slightly worried about as

of england wales and northern ireland he wasn't necessarily talking to the scots but the scottish national party accusation again is that he was too cowardly to go to scotland that he won't come and he's too scared to take part in a face to face debate about the future of the united kingdom and the pond came as an activist would be guest scotland movement and his hit live with us right now mr cain hello welcome to all he very nice to see here so as we just heard mr cameron made a very impassioned plea to the scottish people and to keep them in the u.k. to saying this will work. i don't i don't think it will work i think it was a very ordered speech members of the new campaign about a month ago were ordering the scottish government not to politicize the commonwealth games and there we have david cameron standing in front of the velodrome connecting the olympics to the great british but so there's a huge amount of hypocrisy there but i think we look at david cameron and we see everything necessary independence if you ask anybody for independence for a one way answer to the question why would you w

refer to the united kingdom as it stands at the very minute and so he's been accused by the scottish national party of using the olympics in this way as a political tool and he certainly did labor that point also a lot of people have asked out sort of outside in the real world and also in the city. where he made the speech why did he go to scotland why is he making a speech from london his argument of course is that he was talking to the people of england wales and northern ireland he wasn't necessarily talking to the scots the scottish national party accusation again is that he was too cowardly to go to scotland that he won't come and he's too scared to take part in a face to face debate about the future of the united kingdom's. that's cain is a pro independence acts of it and he says the main selling point of voting yes and they were friends is to see the back of the conservative party i think it was a very odd speech members of the new campaign a bit a month ago were urging the scottish government not to politicize the commonwealth games and there we have david cameron standing in front of the v

of england wales and northern ireland he wasn't necessarily talking to the scots but the scottish national party accusation again is that he was too cowardly to go to scotland that he won't come and he's too scared to take part in a face to face debate about the future of the united kingdom's norsemen line from london many thanks indeed for that. and also online for you right now an ugly mob and force here and after it's released it's a list of the world's ugliest monuments the broadcaster describes the i decided to label an important world war two memorial and slightly triggering a furious reaction from veterans who've been arses had to r.t. dot com for the full story. and also online celebrities are proto graphed on the red carpet but they are those shots from their rather planet robot of rover curiosity has stunned by the first ever photo of our planet taken from mars. the syrian government has confirmed it will take part in the second round of geneva peace talks on monday meanwhile for people in the syrian city of homes there has been some a response from fighting thanks to a three day cease

passion, the reality of what the scottish national party proposes in terms of changing is obscured.that amean by that is rather peculiar notion at the heart of the nationalist case, that peculiar notion is that economic and social union between the peoples of these islands should continue but the political union should end. compare that -- examine that peculiar notion. the fact that the scottish national party believes a social union should continue and there is a white paper offering testimony to that desire, says something about how 300 years of partnership have brought the people of these islands closer together. surprisingrse is not . we have a shared language and we have family ties, we have a have freerency, we trade, we have common trade unions across the united kingdom . we share preferences and a common popular culture which has -- reinforced when an issue comes together to watch. other things -- and it is important to recognize that the white paper is a testimony to all that. the s&p want to argue that all these things can be retained but the political unions disappears an

but the scottish national party has already said that if not commit is to a common currency unit steadfastness white paper in a bad bet that if he did say that i will be a temporary arrangement which are very damaging for the pound has huge political pressure now at least graceful announced according to katie to the snp to put it basically this is the state cost of a parent's estate tax it at david's comments made last week it is that's in baking this goal is to stay dead goat he said he really needs you. now we have george osborne this week said hey get at it that this is how i've been so confused you guys this is the two sides to say the plan because he may run into the hands of the yes campaign. in a desperate unstoppable twelve resents being fleeced by westminster in this way i forgot that may have shifted dramatically towards the end state. stay with us here on our team more to come after short break the i i i. like ttc any sort of calm to a revolution aimed at preserving traditional media even a charcoal gender roles. the islamic religion this is one very helpful from the force towards m

. >> prime minister the scottish national party is arguing for an end to political union with the united kingdom. a. [inaudible] >> i think the way you put the question is the way i think sometimes the first minister is trying to say there are lots of unions between england and scotland and really i'm just trying to make a small change to the political union. i think in a way that betrays the weakness of the case because the truth is of course that scotland votes to separate itself from the rest of united kingdom that is what it will become, separate. i think that would be tragic. we can go through all the individual institutions and issues and jobs in defense or financial services or what have you. a lot of attention has been paid particularly to the issue of the currency and i think it would be extremely difficult to make a currency union work between an independeindepende nt separate scotland and the rest of united kingdom so all these institutional questions are really arguing for separation. he needs to answer the questions about a separation. and yet the white paper really didn't a

harry in the fight and it comes as polls show a jump in support for separation since the scottish national party produced its white paper in november with details of how an independent scotland would work there's been a small number of people who want scotland to break away january poll of more than a thousand respondents twenty nine percent in favor from twenty six percent in november the campaign also appears to be convincing those south of the border support for scottish independence in england and wales has risen to twenty four percent from twenty one in november but it's certainly not all plain sailing for the pro independents campaign dudley chief will be he is the most prominent businessman yet to criticize the thinking behind it depended but others have followed the head of a leading north sea investment bank has said separation would be a threat to prosperity both those opinions are pretty important because the economic case for independence rests largely on how much money scotland would be able to get for north sea oil and gas and westminster is sure to use that to its advantage in the

union it must be permanent he said in order to encourage confidence from the markets but the scottish national party has already said that it's not committed to a permanent currency union it said that in its white paper in november that if it did share the pound that would be a temporary arrangement which would be very damaging for the pound has huge political pressure now which amounts according particularly to the s.n.p. to bullying basically this is the stick part of a carrot and stick tactic david cameron spoke last week of essentially begging the schools to stay don't go he said we really need you now we have george osborne this week saying hey you know. this is how bad things will be if you do this is sort of two sides the same coin of course it may play into the hands of the yes campaign yes there it is in scotland will resent being bullied by westminster in this way so that that may shift things dramatically towards a yes. more news for you after a short break to stay with us. mum. sabera a problem very hard to take the plunge again long a plug that has sex with the perfect there's no legs l

but the scottish national party has already said that if not commit is to a common currency unit steadfastness white paper admit that not that easy. it's sad that i will be a temporary arrangement which is very damaging for the pound has huge political pressure now at least graceful announced according to katie to the snp to put it. basically the fifth estate cost of a parent's estate tax it at david's comments made last week it is that's infected this goal is to stay dead goat he said he really needs you. now we have to atone for this week's take a hit at it that this is how i've been so confused you guys did too so the two sides to say the clay court season they played to the hands of the yes campaign in a guest at the top of bo bo resents being fleeced by westminster in this way i forgot that made up shifting to my cp tortilla states warne's in just a few moments and to stay with us i know aye aye aye aye aye the other. welcome back towards the instruments. now the right thing may be on the wall for germany in greece as the radical group that has published a manifesto contained all of greec

many have scottish ancestors, and they do not like the scottish national party one bit. >> to me he'sorn-again jackby. scotland is part of the united kingdom. >> they are traitors, we don't need them. >> reporter: who will separate us? the implied answer is nobody. these people regard themselves absolutely as british patriots, and the idea that their scottish brethren may even consider breaking away from the union is absolutely uncomfortable. together the truths are suddenly being called into question. suddenly the united kingdom is looking a bit dis-united. when this document was written a hundred years ago, loyalists from scotland and northern ireland united against the breakup of the union, and less than a century later, they won't to move out on their own. >> we saw a movement to the frontiers. so i think there's almost a [ inaudible ] element within scotts. there's a big discussion now about independence. >> reporter: a feeling of the power of the union is what worries the politicians in westminster, just as it does many people here. >> but securing a referendum for scotland, ale

a scottish national party says that amounts to bullying. just over six months before referendum. lawrence lee reports from london. so it seepings it might have come down to this. the pound or more specifically, what currency might or might not be able to rely on. three major political parties put up their key spokes men to sky that an independent scottman would with not be able to join acornsy union with the rest of the u.k. the evidence shows it would work, if scotland walked away from the u.k., it walked away from the pound. >> the argument runs like this. and can therefore set interest rates that suit them all. the argument in london is that the euro -- if scotland goes down next, the rest of the u.k. shouldn't have to prop it up. on the scottish question, not so much an appeal to stay within the union, but a direct threat as to who might happen to them if they decided to break away. bear in mind, the very large number of undecided voters this in an attempt too it appears to make people's minds up for them. >> the scottish nationalists are well, unimpressed with the idea that

. >> justification -- before the proven scottish national party that the answers would be under way. respond these are not the answers about a pension. be aware of any pension on behalf of the party, the tension. >> i am pretty certain that any answers would be beyond favor with the people of scotland so i am sure we will not be dealing much in the future. the people of scotland for the institute's will see they will want to hear from the scottish government what they answer. >> questions for the prime minister. >> mr. speaker. >> prime minister. >> meetings with ministers and others and in addition to my duties in this house i have further meetings later today. >> london is a 24/7 global city and the home of the western world. with a the economy growing and unemployment falling would you agree the efforts of the union to bring substance to a halt is nothing short of economic pacifism? >> i absolutely agree with my right hon. friend. no justification for a strike. we need a modernized to line working for millions of wonders who worked with in everyday and 3% of transactions now invol

and the liberal democrats and the scottish national party as well. this is a big issue.t will cut of the u.k. into small parts. >> we will continue this discussion was sir martin sorrell. a busy morning. good morning. ♪ >> first, bloomberg. if you are just waking up, a major burger. -- comcast acquiring time warner cable. post, yellen. no yelling testimony today. half an inch in washington. -- no yellen testimony today. there are the markets. $100 orude back under bear role. the top story this morning, without question, comcast cable to buy time warner cable as they go after new york city media. a lot more going on for that. no cash and stock. >> looking at advertising and media. you look at the merger and what the roberts family has done, tell us about brian roberts, his father, and what they have dubbed over the decades at comcast to get to this point. >> they have looked at it strategically, with a very strong vision. they've made acquisitions on considerable scale. .he timing has been immaculate i think this may be another example of it. this is looking at the indust

[inaudible] the scotland -- [inaudible] prime minister, the scottish national party is arguing for an end to political union with united kingdom. what, in your opinion, are the political institutions that can only be served within the union and won't work with without the union? >> i think the way you put the question is the way i think sometimes the first miner steer is trying to say. there a lot of unions between england and scotland. and really, i'm just trying to make a small change to the thing called the political union. if scotland votes to celebrate itself from the rest of the united kingdom. that's what it will become. i think it will be tragic. we'll go through the individual institutions and issues and jobs whether it is talking about defense or financial services or what have you. i think a lot of attention is being paid for particularly to the issue of the currency. and i think it would be extremely difficult to make a currency union work between an independent separate scotland and the rest of the united kingdom. all of these institutional questions are really arguing fo

. >> can you confirm that next tuesday afternoon the scottish national party are in control of that -tional business and they have not tabled a motion to discuss independence for scotland? >> it is on the record . it does not need my confirmation. ce, for anhan opportunity. on september 18 of this year, we can make the choice once again to become a self-governing nation. the national self-respect and dignity like all normal, independent nations do. being responsible for ourselves. what is the most exciting thing for me is that our independence will release and ignite energy, creativity, and imagination as we get about building and creating our new independent nation. a new independent nation according to scottish priorities builds on our sense of community. we vote for pursuing the agenda that we want. of course they will run an independent scotland better for one key and very important fact. we care more about scotland. of course we do. that is why we will run it better. never again will we have a tory government without a democratic consent. no more of senate he said. -- obsenties.

prime minister, the scottish national party is arguing for an end to political union with the unitedkingdom. what in your opinion are the political institutions that can only be served within the union and what would not work without the union? >> the way you put the question is the way i think sometimes the minister is trying to say there are lots of unions between england and scotland, and really i am trying to make a small change to the political union. that each raise the weakness of -- that the trace the weakness of his case. if scotland vote to separate itself from the rest of the united kingdom, that is what it will become, separate. i will be tragic. we can go through all the individual institutions and issues, and talking about financial services, what have you. a lot of the attention has been paid to the issue of the currency. it would be extremely difficult to make a current see union work independent, separate scotland and the rest of the united kingdom. all these institution questions --unexamined, the one arguing for separation, and he needs to answer the questions. the