Scottish Independence
supporters and Pro-UK campaigners made final efforts to rally
undecided voters on Wednesday before Thursday's yes-no
independence vote, local media reported.
In Glasgow, groups of Independence and pro-UK supporters
held mass rallies as last ditch campaigns to sway undecided
voters. Polls publiched by BBC showed that 48% of decided
voters are in favor of Scottish independence, with 52% saying
'no'.
Daily paper The Herald Scotland published a piece written
by First Minister Alex Salmond, telling voters "let's do this",
meanwhile UK Prime Minister David Cameron, in the "Let's Stick
Together" campaign, said he would not quit if the Scottish
Referendum resulted in secession.
"My name is not on the ballot paper. What's on the ballot
paper is 'does Scotland want to stay in the United Kingdom, or
does Scotland want to separate itself from the United Kingdom?'.
That's the only question that will be decided on Thursday night.
The question about my future will be decided at the British
general election coming soon", Cameron said.
Linda Colley of The Guardian Newspaper called the events
leading up to the referendum vote "a catalogue of errors" and
said London was "out of touch and inward looking".
Her opinion piece detailed measures that have brought
Scotland to this tenuous vote including Margaret Thatcher's Poll
Tax, tested in Scotland and Tony Blair's "pursuing his unpopular
war with Iraq.
"Blair allowed nationalists to argue that the union was
instead a machine that sucked Scotland into profitless and
expensive exercises in overseas aggression", it added while
David Cameron's believed that a "protracted referendum campaign
would be cathartic".
Queen Elizabeth postponed her annual staff ball at her
Balmoral residence until the day after the referendum vote,
remaining impartial, Buckingham Palace said.
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