It is extremely scarce: Two weeks before the Scottish referendum bring the separatists rapidly on. The cleavage of Great Britain is, according to pollsters now a “real possibility”.
“Union on a knife edge,” headlined the London “Times” on Tuesday. It was the second time within a few days, that a newspaper resorted to this alarmist headline. For the proof introduced the “Times” to a new survey, which shows a clear change in sentiment in favor of Scottish independence.
47 per cent of Scots would vote for secession from the United Kingdom, according to polling firm YouGov. A month ago it was only 41 percent. Although the independence opponents with 53 percent still in the majority, but the separatists are rapidly catching up. The referendum is on 18 September, so they do not have two weeks.
The independence is now a “real possibility,” said YouGov CEO Peter Kellner. The previously undecided voters change according to the survey the majority of the Yes camp, are so for a spin-off – and in a ratio of 2 to 1 This is not least because the independence campaign is better organized. 85 percent of respondents said that they had been contacted by the Yes campaign. From the No campaign said it only 75 percent.
The new figures startled the London Houses of Parliament Westminster. Until now, it was assumed that the Scots would vote in the referendum already for the status quo. That now even a cautious opinion research institute such as YouGov finds a massive mood swing is a shock.
The campaign manager of the No campaign, Blair McDougall, called the “silent majority” of the Scots, to become more involved in the coming weeks and to fight for the preservation of the United Kingdom.
Yes campaign: We are in Glasgow forward
The Yes campaign claiming for weeks that the polls reality lagging behind. The No-bearing cradle into a false security, says the campaign headquarters on Hope Street in Glasgow. The campaigners, who went from door to door, reported a clear trend, says spokesman Roddy Thomson. In Glasgow you lie already in front, internal data showed a majority of 55 percent. The metropolitan area with 1.7 million inhabitants, is considered crucial election.
One vote per independence would make the British government hard. At least officially, they are not planning for the worst. Concentrate all efforts on the Union together, a government spokesman said, according to “Financial Times”.
In Scotland, eagerly awaiting the citizens of the decision. Every evening shows television special program on “Scotland 2014”. In endless talk shows, viewers are bombarded with the same old arguments. But they do not switch off, on the contrary, campaigner notice a massive mobilization. “People sign up in droves to select” said spokesman Thomson.
His Yes campaign is delighted with the new momentum in the last few days. Nevertheless Thomson warns against arrogance. At the end always is the question: “Will it be enough?”
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