Former PM John Major warns of possible UK breakup if Britain votes to leave European Union
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Former Prime Minister John Major has warned that the United Kingdom may break up if Britain votes to withdraw from the European Union in a planned referendum.
Major told BBC radio that a vote to leave the EU would mean a "high probability" that Scotland would have a referendum of its own and decide to leave the U.K.
"The United Kingdom would be fractured, that would be very damaging," he said Wednesday.
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Prime Minister David Cameron is seeking concessions from Europe's leaders at a summit this week ahead of a planned referendum on Britain's membership to be held by the end of 2017.
Scotland voted last year to remain part of the U.K. after a bruising referendum campaign. Its leaders want to remain in the EU.