Poll shows surge in support for Scottish independence

Poll shows surge in support for Scottish independence

Published: Sept 2, 2014 8:24 a.m. ET

LONDON — A new poll Tuesday showed a surge in support for Scottish independence, dramatically raising the stakes for Britain’s leaders just weeks before Scots vote on whether to leave a 300-year-old union with the rest of the U.K.

Pollster YouGov said that in its latest poll of more than 1,000 Scots, 42% said they intend to vote for independence in a referendum Sept. 18, while 48% said they plan to vote to keep Scotland part of Britain. The remainder were either undecided or said they won’t take part.

YouGov’s latest poll was carried out between Aug. 28 and Sept. 1.

A poll earlier in August put the ‘no’ lead at 12 points.

“A close finish now looks likely, and a ‘yes’ victory is now a real possibility,” said Peter Kellner, YouGov President, in a blog on his firm’s website.

The pickup in support for the ‘yes’ campaign follows weeks of intense campaigning by both sides, including a bad-tempered televised debate between Alex Salmond, the chief minister in Scotland’s government and leader of the SNP, and Alistair Darling, a Scot and former U.K. finance minister who leads the pro-U.K. Better Together campaign. A snap poll published after the debate showed a majority of viewers thought Mr. Salmond the winner.

It also follows an intervention by business leaders, more than 100 of whom signed a letter saying independence would be bad for Scotland’s economy.

and I will bet that poll is a lie to help twist the election in favor of the no vote.  I get the clear impressin the Scots want to leave the sinking english ship

Great Whiskey distillers 

Robert Burns died in Guyana :

composer of Auld Lang Syne

how dat happen....by mistake ::confused::

did he make any rum ::confused::

www.ijsl.stir.ac.uk/issue4/lindsayOP.htm

Recent research continues to reveal links between Scotland and the Caribbean:

‘Among the Sutherland-born planters was John Ross of Golspie who, when he died in Inverness in 1849 at his home, Berbice Cottage, was described as “founder of Inverness savings bank” and a local benefactor’.

He was one of many Scots who had gone to what is now Guyana to make ‘very rapid and splendid fortunes’.

The place-name Inverness is found in Guyana...

in the Dots is Irish.  deh leave a lot ah red people there.

What was Warner again..english or Irish?

no vote collapsing ::confused::

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/scottish-i...s-to-go-9706905.html

when is Canada going to dump the queen

When we wanna be a Dump and broke ... like the USA