Scots Independence Gains Support as Clock Ticks on U.K.
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Support for Scottish independence rose before this month’s referendum, with a YouGov Plc poll showing the lead for the No campaign down to six percentage points as nationalists said the momentum is behind them.
Little more than two weeks before the Sept. 18 ballot on independence from the U.K., the No vote dropped to 48 percent from 51 percent in the last survey two weeks ago, the YouGov poll for today’s Times and Sun newspapers showed. That compared with 42 percent who said they’ll vote Yes, up two percentage points. Ten percent said they’ve yet to make up their mind.