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Solway, and under the Dee, and under the North Sea
from Tynemouth down to Hartlepool.
39. I say to them: shame.
40. What do we say? [Audience: shame].
41. On Friday I also visited Grangemouth, and Im
going to take the news from Grangemouth and
Letham Moss back to London. The news from
Grangemouth and Letham Moss and the Central
Belt of Scotland and the Forth and everywhere else
thats under threat, the news is this.
42. Dont tell us, dont tell us that our land is not
beautiful. Our Forth is beautiful beyond compare, it
really is. Our hills, our hills to the North and our
hills to the South, our Ochils and our Pentlands,
they are beautiful beyond compare.
43. And the Kelpies, have you seen the Kelpies in
Falkirk? You dont put up statues like that if you
dont love your land. The Kelpies are going to get
Algy Cluff and Jim Ratcliffe if they are not careful.
They are the spirits of our land and they will smite
our enemies.
44. Our people are beautiful beyond compare. And
their lives are precious. And they do love their land.
Thats the news Im going to take back to London.
Shall I take that news back Ladies and Gentlemen?
[Audience: yes].
45. [Voice from audience: Nanas say frack off!]
Nanas say frack off. Ill take that message too. Youll
have to teach me how to pronounce it. I dont want