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The Mail's Front Page On Intimidation By Scottish Independence Campaigners Is Brutal

Sep 17, 2014, 14:29 IST

The Daily Mail appears to be trying to derail support for Scottish independence one day before the referendum by painting "Yes" campaigners as thugs.

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Pro Scottish National Party activists aren't helping their cause, of course. Yesterday Labour Party leader Ed Miliband was forced to abandon a pro-union "No" campaign stop when he was surrounded and jostled by Yes campaigners in Edinburgh. The video below shows it must actually have been quite scary for Miliband - he ended up being penned in by Yes activists into a tiny space in a dark shopping center.

The National Union of Journalists has complained that "Yes" activists have threatened violence against reporters trying to cover the vote.

That's the context, here's the Mail's cover:

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We saw it first via Radio 4/World at One editor Nick Sutton, on Twitter.

Here's the Miliband video:

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