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Scotland on course to vote for independence, poll shows
SCOTLAND is on course to vote for independence, according to a shock new poll that today puts Alex Salmond’s “yes” campaign in the lead for the first time.
The YouGov survey for The Sunday Times shows that the nationalists have taken a two-point lead and are poised to triumph in the referendum on September 18.The poll puts the “yes” campaign on 51 per cent, with the unionists on 49 per cent — overturning a 22-point lead for the Better Together campaign in the space of a month.
The new poll has sent shock waves through Westminster as Tory MPs warned that David Cameron would have to resign as prime minister if Scotland voted to go it alone. Several Conservative MPs are prepared to go public and demand he quit and two Tory ministers have warned colleagues that they would also feel compelled to resign if there was a “yes” vote. Conservative whips revealed they were “aware” that a small number of MPs might seek to use such a crisis to oust Cameron.
Scotland on course to vote for independence, poll shows
SCOTLAND is on course to vote for independence, according to a shock new poll that today puts Alex Salmond’s “yes” campaign in the lead for the first time.
The YouGov survey for The Sunday Times shows that the nationalists have taken a two-point lead and are poised to triumph in the referendum on September 18.The poll puts the “yes” campaign on 51 per cent, with the unionists on 49 per cent — overturning a 22-point lead for the Better Together campaign in the space of a month.
The new poll has sent shock waves through Westminster as Tory MPs warned that David Cameron would have to resign as prime minister if Scotland voted to go it alone. Several Conservative MPs are prepared to go public and demand he quit and two Tory ministers have warned colleagues that they would also feel compelled to resign if there was a “yes” vote. Conservative whips revealed they were “aware” that a small number of MPs might seek to use such a crisis to oust Cameron.