http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-08/another-scots-poll-shows-swing-to-independence.html
Voters in Scotland are embracing independence, according to a poll that provides fresh evidence of a swing away from the U.K. and suggests the result of next week’s referendum is on a knife edge.
Thirty-eight percent of respondents said they’d vote Yes to independence in the Sept. 18 ballot, up from 32 percent, the monthly poll by TNS found today. That compares with 39 percent who said they favored the status quo, down from 45 percent. The No campaign’s lead of one percentage point is down from 13 points last month, TNS said. Another 23 percent of respondents said they have yet to make up their minds.
“It’s too close to call and both sides will now be energized to make the most of the last few days of the campaign and try and persuade the undecided voters,” Tom Costley, head of TNS Scotland, said in an e-mailed statement today.
The poll is the latest to suggest the momentum is behind the nationalists in the final days of campaigning before the referendum that will decide the fate of the 307-year-old U.K. A YouGov Plc poll for this week’s Sunday Times put the Yes campaign ahead for the first time, prompting the main U.K. parties to prepare a package of more powers for Scotland in a bid to persuade voters to reject independence.
The pound dropped to the weakest level in more than nine months against the dollar yesterday and longer-dated government bonds declined as investors digested the implications of the union’s possible unravelling.
Sterling’s Fall
Sterling fell 1 percent to $1.6160, having reached $1.6103, the weakest since Nov. 21. The pound slid as much as 1.3 percent against the euro to 80.37 pence, its weakest level since June 12. The 30-year government bond yield jumped to 3.16 percent, the highest since Aug. 14.
Voters in Scotland are embracing independence, according to a poll that provides fresh evidence of a swing away from the U.K. and suggests the result of next week’s referendum is on a knife edge.
Thirty-eight percent of respondents said they’d vote Yes to independence in the Sept. 18 ballot, up from 32 percent, the monthly poll by TNS found today. That compares with 39 percent who said they favored the status quo, down from 45 percent. The No campaign’s lead of one percentage point is down from 13 points last month, TNS said. Another 23 percent of respondents said they have yet to make up their minds.
“It’s too close to call and both sides will now be energized to make the most of the last few days of the campaign and try and persuade the undecided voters,” Tom Costley, head of TNS Scotland, said in an e-mailed statement today.
The poll is the latest to suggest the momentum is behind the nationalists in the final days of campaigning before the referendum that will decide the fate of the 307-year-old U.K. A YouGov Plc poll for this week’s Sunday Times put the Yes campaign ahead for the first time, prompting the main U.K. parties to prepare a package of more powers for Scotland in a bid to persuade voters to reject independence.
The pound dropped to the weakest level in more than nine months against the dollar yesterday and longer-dated government bonds declined as investors digested the implications of the union’s possible unravelling.
Sterling’s Fall
Sterling fell 1 percent to $1.6160, having reached $1.6103, the weakest since Nov. 21. The pound slid as much as 1.3 percent against the euro to 80.37 pence, its weakest level since June 12. The 30-year government bond yield jumped to 3.16 percent, the highest since Aug. 14.
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