During his speech to the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, Prime Minister David Cameron defends Britain and embraces the island mentality. It was at the time of the G20 summit in Russia last month that it was alleged that an unnamed Russian official dismissed Britain as "just a small island". The Prime Minister launched an impassioned defence of Britain back in September, but returned to the theme during a keynote speech at the Tory conference in which Mr Cameron appeared to fully embrace the island mentality. "When the world wanted rights, who wrote Magna Carta?" Mr Cameron said, as he proceeded to champion the UK and its achievements. He continued: "And today -- whose music do they dance to? Whose universities do they flock to? Whose football league do they watch?" "So yes, we may be a small island but I tell you what, we're a great country." Not only did he take issue with Russia, but the Conservative leader also used the example of Greece and France to score economic points. Finally, he called upon Scottish voters to stay within the United Kingdom when they go to the polls in the independence referendum next year. Mr Cameron said: "All the arguments about the economy, about our currency - I believe they make an unanswerable case for the United Kingdom. "But today I want a more simple message to go out to all the people of Scotland. From us here in this hall, from this party, from this country, from England, and yes from Wales, Northern Ireland too - and it is this, we want you to stay. "We want us to stick together. Think of all we've achieved together, all the things we can do together. The nation, as one. Our Kingdom - united." Get the latest headlines http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Subscribe to The Telegraph http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=telegraphtv Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/telegraph.co.uk Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/telegraph Follow us on Google+ https://plus.google.com/102891355072777008500/ Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Daily Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.

• published: 02 Oct 2013
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