Gordon Brown has warned the UK is on the verge of breaking apart due to Brexit (Image: GETTY)
The former Labour Prime Minister fears Scottish, English and Welsh nationalism will tear the country apart. Mr Brown highlighted the fate of the UK cannot be ignored in the Tory leadership contest for the next Prime Minister. He added the UK is the world’s most successful example of multinational co-operation.
Mr Brown noted a recent poll showed 59 percent of the Conservative Party would sacrifice a union with Northern Ireland “to secure the Brexit they want”.
He went on highlight 63 percent are prepared to sacrifice a union with Scotland.
Mr Brown wrote in The Daily Mail: “The Union that is the United Kingdom is in mortal danger — more imperilled now than it has ever been in its 312 years of existence.
“In the past five years, the political discourse in all of our nations has become more extreme, more divisive and more toxic.
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