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Cameron 'contemplated having to go' if Scotland voted Yes

David Cameron has admitted he "contemplated having to go" if Scotland voted for independence.

The Prime Minister said he would have been "heartbroken" by the break-up of the UK and considered his position when polls put the Yes campaign ahead just days before the referendum.

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Cabinet minister: English votes for England

The Justice Secretary has said that Scottish MPs should not be allowed to vote on English laws.

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling. Credit: Peter Macdiarmid/PA Archive/Press Association Images

That would be a travesty of democracy, and would be regarded with fury by the English. But the renewed focus on England brings with it a further great risk. Today marks the start of the Labour conference.

The future of our constitution is bound to be a subject of major debate there. But it is likely to be a very different one to that at the Conservative conference in a week’s time.

– Justice Secretary Chris Grayling

Writing in the Telegraph, Chris Grayling said that there cannot be a situation where Scottish MPs "come to Westminster and vote on English-only issues", influencing the destiny of health, education, justice, environment and probably taxation in England, "potentially against the wishes of most English representatives".

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