On Wednesday, British Prime Minister David Cameron issued a plaintive appeal to voters in Scotland ahead of next week's referendum on Scottish independence. "We desperately want you to stay; we do not want this family of nations to be ripped apart," Cameron wrote in a column published in the Daily Mail.
The "Yes" and "No" camps appear to be neck-and-neck ahead of the vote. If the former prevails, it raises profound, existential questions for the nation that Cameron now governs. Could it even be called Britain?