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25/09/2012
Call For Ulster-Scots' Part In Referendum
Ulster Scots should be given the opportunity to vote in Scotland’s independence referendum, according to a senior member of the Orange Order.
Dr. David Hume was speaking at a Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland event in Glasgow, which was planned to commemorate the centenary of the Ulster Covenant.
"In 1912 Scots unionists watched anxiously for Ulster, and in 2014 Ulster will watch anxiously for you as nationalists seek to win a referendum which would alter totally the constitution of our nation”, he said.
"We are stakeholders as well. Surely a decision such as this should not ignore our input?"
Dr. Hume said that a union without Scotland would be a “poorer place”, adding: “We will not forsake you as your forefathers did not forsake us.
"Many of them were not born in Ulster so they could not sign the covenant, but they held it in their hearts.
Dr Hume said Ulster Scots "provided the first unifying force in Scotland in the 6th Century AD and we later extended Scottish influence to Ireland in the 17th Century".
The Scottish government, which is run by the Scottish National Party, is planning to hold a referendum on the country’s independence from the United Kingdom in autumn 2014.
(IT)
Dr. David Hume was speaking at a Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland event in Glasgow, which was planned to commemorate the centenary of the Ulster Covenant.
"In 1912 Scots unionists watched anxiously for Ulster, and in 2014 Ulster will watch anxiously for you as nationalists seek to win a referendum which would alter totally the constitution of our nation”, he said.
"We are stakeholders as well. Surely a decision such as this should not ignore our input?"
Dr. Hume said that a union without Scotland would be a “poorer place”, adding: “We will not forsake you as your forefathers did not forsake us.
"Many of them were not born in Ulster so they could not sign the covenant, but they held it in their hearts.
Dr Hume said Ulster Scots "provided the first unifying force in Scotland in the 6th Century AD and we later extended Scottish influence to Ireland in the 17th Century".
The Scottish government, which is run by the Scottish National Party, is planning to hold a referendum on the country’s independence from the United Kingdom in autumn 2014.
(IT)
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