

People tend not to default to changing the status quo.â This was why he declared that the pro-independence side has âvirtually no chanceâ. âItâs actually the No side that tends to grow over time. The problem for the pro-independence side may be that, as polling guru Nate Silver declared last month when in Edinburgh, people tend to become more likely to stick with what they know as a campaign progresses, as opposed to an uncertain âchangeâ option.

âIf you look at the people supporting independence, it hasnât shifted much at all over the duration of the campaign,â he says. Certainly, says Darling, there has been scant evidence so far of any movement. And our poll today suggests that neither side has an advantage among the undecideds â one in five say they are âlikelyâ to back Yes and No, with the rest in the middle.

But, insists Alistair Darling, Better Togetherâs chief, thereâs no evidence at all that theyâre moving towards independence. I’m about to run out of credit aspirina vademecum There is no disputing, on the other side of the fence, that many people have yet to make up their mind.
