WORCESTER'S MP has reached out to Scottish people in the city - saying he wants to recruit them to help the 'no' campaign win.

Robin Walker is opening the doors of Worcester Conservative Association's Churchill House HQ to invite scots in the city to help with a "telephone knock-up session" to get the no vote out.

The desperate move, announced yesterday, comes after repeated polls have put Scottish independence on a knife-edge as Thursday's poll draws closer.

Mr Walker wants Scottish people who back the no vote to man the hotlines in the city branch, which is in Sansome Place, between 9am and 1pm on Thursday.

People taking part will be asked to call people previously identified as no voters during a campaign co-ordinated nationally by the Conservative's London HQ.

The Tory office will also be flying the Union Jack flag as an act of solidarity.

Mr Walker said: "The union between England and Scotland has been one of the most successful combinations in the history of the world.

"It seems crazy that this could be thrown away in the event of a yes vote and I want to make sure we are doing everything we can to show how much it is valued.

"We have seen large businesses say that they would consider leaving an independent Scotland but too much of this campaign has been characterised as a battle between heads and hearts.

"The reality is that in our heads and in our hearts we should be staying together and working together as a United Kingdom.

“I have signed the #LetsStayTogether pledge to let all our friends in Scotland to know that we want them to stay with us.

"I hope more local residents in Worcester who are as passionate as I am about saving the union, will do this too and will consider joining me."

Anyone interested in helping can turn up on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Ed Miliband claimed the campaign for independence has an "ugly side" during chaotic scenes as he was mobbed during a visit to Edinburgh.

The Labour leader took his fight to save the union to the St James Shopping Centre in the city today but struggled to talk to voters as campaigners from both the Yes and No camps clashed.

Labour had attempted to keep details of the visit quiet to prevent it being hijacked but Mr Miliband found himself surrounded by media and campaigners as well as members of the public.

Chants of "Vote Yes" and "You're a liar" competed with chants of "Vote No" as shoppers were trampled and pushed aside.

Mr Miliband said: "I think we have seen in parts of this campaign an ugly side to it from the Yes campaign.

"I think debates should be conducted in a civilised way, I think that's very, very important, but I understand that passions run high.

"What I've enjoyed about this campaign, including today when I get the chance, is meeting people who are genuinely undecided."

Mr Miliband spoke briefly to a handful of voters before the chaotic visit was brought to an end.

He told reporters: "If people vote no, it's for change and more powers for a stronger Scotland, as well as NHS funding guarantees, and that's got to be weighed against the big risks of voting yes.

"That has been the choice that people are facing in these last couple of days in this referendum campaign."

He added: "I think that the momentum is with the No campaign as people recognise that there is a clear offer of change by voting No."

Asked if he was making it up as he was going along, he said: "Not at all. We have set out very clearly throughout this campaign that there will be more powers for the Scottish Parliament, that this is the choice on offer by voting No against the big risks of voting Yes."

As the fraught campaign entered the final stages both sides made last ditch pitches to win over undecided voters.

Former prime minister Gordon Brown accused the SNP of "perpetrating a lie" about protecting the NHS with independence because Holyrood already has the power to keep the health service in public hands.

The SNP has argued that the health service north of the border is at risk due to health policies at Westminster, despite the area being devolved to the Scottish Parliament.

Speaking at a campaign event in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Mr Brown said: "I think people are going to come to the conclusion that the change they really want is to have a Scottish Parliament as part of the UK, not the change that the SNP want, which is the chaos of a separate state."

Mr Brown insisted the Labour Party would never allow the health service to be privatised in Scotland.

"It is the SNP who are perpetrating a lie about what the NHS can and cannot do in Scotland," he said.

Alex Salmond has dismissed the Westminster pledges as a "last-minute desperate offer of nothing".