Scottish independence movement on verge of victory – ICM poll

Alex Salmond, a politician and current First Minister of Scotland, is on the verge of a historic victory according to a landmark ICM poll, indicating that proponents of Scottish independence need just over two percent to achieve their goal.
Salmond insists that independence would be a natural evolution of the Scottish political institutions which would ultimately gain control over welfare, pensions, taxation and defense of the country.

On the other hand, British Labor Party politician Gordon Brown claims that while Scotland shares “risk and resources” with the rest of the UK its economy and its people are "better protected."

 

The ICM survey for today’s Scotland on Sunday shows a decline in the No vote from 46 percent to 42 percent over the past month, while the Yes vote has remained steady at 39 percent. With the 19 percent "don’t knows" excluded from the equation the NO vote stands at 52 percent and the Yes vote - at 48 percent. It should be noted that this is the highest level of Yes support to be registered by an independent opinion poll, according to The Scotsman.