Britain is at risk of falling out of love with itself, says MP calling for change in unionist tactics

A SCOTTISH Tory MP has urged pro-UK parties to appeal to a sense of nationhood rather than relying on economic arguments and constitutional wrangling to persuade Scots to vote against independence.

In an article for Politics Home, Rory Stewart, the MP for Penrith and The Border in the north of England, has warned that Britain is at risk of “falling out of love with itself” because of a “small group of eccentric Scottish Nationalists” and English “spouting 18th-century prejudices”.

In what appears to be a criticism of the tactics used by the unionist side, he appealed for parties to reinvigorate a sense of common nationhood in the UK in the referendum campaign.