David Cameron sets out 'emotional, patriotic' case to keep Scotland in UK
Prime minister uses speech at Olympic Park to make personal plea in run-up to Scottish independence referendum


The prime minister, David Cameron, told people in the rest of the UK to lobby their friends and family in Scotland with one message: 'We want you to stay.' Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
The United Kingdom has just seven months to "save the most extraordinary, buccaneering, brilliant country in history", David Cameron warned on Friday in a passionate and personal plea to stop Scotland from breaking away.