{"id":380,"date":"2014-09-15T11:19:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T11:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=380"},"modified":"2014-09-15T11:29:30","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T11:29:30","slug":"scottish-referendum-were-better-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=380","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Referendum &#8211; We&#8217;re Better Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/no-thanks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-384\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/no-thanks.jpg\" alt=\"no thanks\" width=\"57\" height=\"57\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/no-thanks.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/no-thanks-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 57px) 85vw, 57px\" \/><\/a>This is a momentous and irreversible decision for the Scottish people on the future of the United Kingdom. As a Scot, born and educated in Scotland, my message to the Scottish people is simple: \u2018We want you to stay\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom is bigger, better and stronger together. The separatists have no answers to the most basic questions about independence, like what currency Scotland would use and how it could belong to the NATO alliance.<\/p>\n<p>The choice is clearcut: a leap into the unknown with a Yes vote, or a brighter future for Scotland by voting No. That means remaining part of a United Kingdom, one of the greatest unions the world has seen, forging a more secure future in the world, and building more opportunities for our children and grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/better-together.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-385 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/better-together-300x87.jpg\" alt=\"better together\" width=\"300\" height=\"87\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/better-together-300x87.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/better-together.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a momentous and irreversible decision for the Scottish people on the future of the United Kingdom. As a Scot, born and educated in Scotland, my message to the Scottish people is simple: \u2018We want you to stay\u2019. The United Kingdom is bigger, better and stronger together. The separatists have no answers to the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=380\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Scottish Referendum &#8211; We&#8217;re Better Together&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[57,56,55],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=380"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":386,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions\/386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}