Thousands march to support RAF base

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;215" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-215" style&equals;"width&colon; 200px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2010&sol;11&sol;Main-News-2-1&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-215" title&equals;"raf" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2010&sol;11&sol;Main-News-2-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"raf" width&equals;"200" height&equals;"200" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-215" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">raf<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Thousands of people have turned out to march in support of a closure-threatened RAF base&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A high-profile campaign was launched to save RAF Lossiemouth in Moray amid fears that its fleet of fast-jet Tornados could be moved to England as part of the ongoing Westminster defence review&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The region has already been struck a blow with the cancellation of the new generation of Nimrods&comma; which is likely to threaten nearby RAF Kinloss&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A report produced for Highlands and Islands Enterprise &lpar;HIE&rpar; earlier this year estimated the annual economic contribution of the bases&comma; said to support 5&comma;700 jobs&comma; at more than £150 million&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Grampian Police said it estimated there were between 6&comma;000 and 7&comma;000 people at Sunday&&num;8217&semi;s rally&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Highlands Association Pipe Band led the march into Grant Park&comma; home of the local football club&comma; where Colin McGregor &&num;8211&semi; the brother of actor Ewan McGregor and a former Tornado pilot who served at RAF Lossiemouth &&num;8211&semi; introduced speakers including the First Minister Alex Salmond and Moray SNP MSP Richard Lochhead&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There were cheers and applause from people at the rally &&num;8211&semi; said to be the largest ever seen in the area &&num;8211&semi; as each vowed to continue the fight for the base&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Marchers held aloft placards with the slogans&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Save RAF Lossie&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;Fighting For Moray&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They received cross-party support with the attendance Mr Salmond and the leaders of Labour&comma; the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats in Scotland&comma; Iain Gray&comma; Annabel Goldie and Tavish Scott&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The march set off from Muirton Road&comma; yards from the main entrance to the RAF base&period; A worker at one of the bases in Moray&comma; who wished not to be named and joined the march&comma; said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;They need to keep it open&period; It needs to stay open otherwise Lossiemouth and Moray will be a ghost town&period; It will kill the Moray area&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s what everybody is feeling whether they work in the bases or live in Moray&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e650db12658">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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