Osborne Denying Pound for Scots Does Little to Sway Opinion Poll
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U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne’s warning last week that an independent Scotland would lose the pound has done little to influence voters, according to the first poll since his speech.
The survey by Survation for the Scottish Daily Mail published today showed 37.7 percent of respondents in favor of independence compared with 46.6 percent against. That nine percentage-point gap compares with 12 points in a comparable study, it said. The canvassing was conducted on Feb. 17-18.