English could say ‘let them go’ to the Scots if Nicola Sturgeon’s referendum calls carry on

Former Northern Ireland Prime Minister Arlene Foster has warned that the UK’s four-nation union could be lost due to constant calls for a Scottish referendum.

Baroness Foster, who recently became chair of the new union-supporting organization Together UK, said there was a chance the English would say ‘let them go’ as they tire of Nicola Sturgeon’s intense campaign for independence.

She said: ‘What worries me sometimes… [is people] saying that ‘if Scotland wants to go, let them go.

‘It’s not just Scotland that will lose if they leave. The rest of us will also lose out… We need to have a broader conversation about that, particularly in England,’ she told the Telegraph.

Baroness Arlene Foster (pictured) has warned that the UK’s four-nation union could be weakened as voters are growing tired of constant calls for a Scottish referendum.

The Scottish First Minister’s battle to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence failed after the High Court ruled unanimously that she cannot legislate for one without Westminster’s approval.

Ms Sturgeon admitted she will not try to stage a ‘wild’ vote, acknowledging that any route to independence must be ‘legal’.

He said, however, that the Scottish National Party (SNP) will fight in the next general election, scheduled for 2024, on the issue of independence.

A recent poll showed support for Scottish independence has risen after Sturgeon was prevented from holding a referendum.

Support for the SNP’s separatist campaign was 52 percent, excluding “don’t know”s, compared with 48 percent who wanted to keep the union.

A similar poll conducted on September 18 of last year found that 44 percent would vote in favor and 47 percent against.

Baroness Foster has warned that this ‘endless’ campaign could threaten unity between the UK nations as people have had enough of such forceful separatism.

He said it was important to understand that if Scotland or Northern Ireland left the Union, the UK would become a “much lesser place”.

He added that he has heard people argue that if they want to leave, then ‘why are we stopping them?’ instead of trying hard to encourage them to stay.

Nicola Sturgeon (pictured) has said the SNP will fight in the next general election, scheduled for 2024, on the issue of independence.

The latest poll put support for the SNP’s separatist campaign at 52 percent, excluding “don’t know,” compared with 48 percent who wanted to keep the union.

Last month, Baroness Foster became chair of the Together UK Foundation, which aims to campaign for the Union and challenge growing separatism.

He said voters need to better understand the benefits of being in the UK.

“We need to have those conversations about why the UK is important to all parts of the UK, not just the parts where there are separatists.”

He added that unionists also needed to better engage with Britain’s international allies to remind them of the importance of a unified Britain. ‘especially from the point of view of NATO, from the point of view of defense, from the point of view of security’.

He singled out the US as a crucial ally because of the large number of Irish-American voters there.

Rishi Sunak has apparently abandoned former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ‘Project Love’, which galvanized voters in all four nations to support the Union, according to the Telegraph.

Instead, Sunak is focusing on government involvement in each of the four nations, in an attempt to show that Westminster plays an important role for all voters in the UK.

Meanwhile, Labor is expected to unveil its own proposals to save the Union tomorrow.

The review, which has been led by Gordon Brown, will recommend replacing the House of Lords with an upper house of nations and regions and giving more powers to local regions and delegated administrations.