THE promotion of Britishness in the run-up to and during the Olympics will not help the anti-independence campaign, Alex Salmond insisted yesterday.
Asked if he was fearful that the sea of Union flags and the exhortations to take pride in being British might give a boost to the Better Together campaign, the First Minister pointed to a poll this week, which put independence slightly ahead of Scotland remaining in the UK, and added: "So, I suppose the answer to your question is: no I'm not."
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