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THE high streets and homes of Scotland will be targeted this weekend with activists canvassing for the Yes and No campaigns as the latest polls suggest the outcome of Thursday’s independence referendum will be too close to call.
SNP deputy leader Nicola Sturgeon said the vote was on a “knife edge” but claimed that the campaign was “moving in the direction of Yes.”
But speaking before a rally in Glasgow last night Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont said she believed “the silent majority will stand up and be counted on Thursday” for a No vote.
The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW
As Scotland heads to the polls, the main parties offer variations on the same script, says MATT KERR
Who you ask and how you ask matter, as does why you are asking — the history of opinion polls shows they are as much about creating opinions as they are about recording them, writes socialist historian KEITH FLETT
