The
latest opinion poll put the pro-independence movement in the lead for the first
time, with 51 percent voicing their support just 11 days before the referendum
on the issue. Prime Minister Cameron and Queen Elizabeth II expressed their
concern, RT reports.
The
poll was conducted by YouGov and The Sunday Times. The two-point lead has a
margin of error, but the chances of a vote in favor have significantly grown,
in particular because the 49 percent that chose “No” include undecided voters.
Another
poll, commissioned by the “Yes” camp gives “No” 52 percent. The “Yes” camp
leader, Blair Jenkins demanded that his side remain focused, stating that the
latest YouGov poll puts them “marginally
ahead,” but other polls demonstrate there is “more progress to make if we are to win.”
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Protesters hold Scottish independence referendum
banners from the 'Yes' campaign outside the venue where Britain’s Prime
Minister David Cameron was to address the CBI Scotland Annual Dinner in Glasgow
on August 28, 2014. ( AFP Photo / Andy Buchanan )
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The
Better Together campaign – against independence – has been leading the polls
for a while: just a month ago, the lead was 22 percent in a YouGov poll. On
Tuesday, the lead narrowed to 6 percent, AFP reported.
Alistair
Darling, the campaign leader, said the vote “will
go down to the wire,” and declared, “It is not the Battle of Britain -- it is the battle for
Scotland, for Scotland's children and grandchildren and the generations to
come. This is a battle we will win.”
The latest YouGov/Sunday
Times poll also demonstrated that pro-union campaigners are less trusted than
the movement in favour of independence.
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