Sir, – Your article “Independence Day: Could Scotland really leave the UK?” (Mark Hennessy, Weekend Review, August 3rd) reports that according to polling evidence, if the Scottish independence referendum was held tomorrow, “two-thirds of voters would likely opt to stay in the union”.
The two most recent polls – both carried out by Panelbase for the Sunday Times – in May and July of this year – showed support for a Yes vote to be respectively only eight and nine points behind No. This means that a swing of under five per cent is needed to put Yes in the lead. – Yours, etc,
BLAIR JENKINS,
Chief Executive,
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