10 days to save the Union: Better Together supporters vow to mount fightback

Supporters of both sides of the Scotland referendum are mounting a final push as a poll suggests the Yes campaign has taken the lead 10 days before the vote. British Prime Minister David Cameron, who spent the weekend with the Queen at Balmoral, will attempt to win over people in Scotland by promising more autonomy if Scotland votes against independence. Labour leader Ed Miliband is expected to join his predecessor Gordon Brown as he pledges that extra powers will be devolved after a No vote. Shadow chancellor Ed Balls, in an article in the Daily Record, called on Scots not to use their votes as a protest against Conservative policies from Westminster.

We are on the verge of trashing our global name and brand in an act of self-mutilation that will leave our international rivals stunned, gleeful and discreetly scornful

Mayor of London Boris Johnson writing in today’s Daily Telegraph

Writing in today’s Daily Telegraph, Tory Mayor of London Boris Johnson made an emotional appeal to keep the UK together, warning Scottish independence would be “an utter catastrophe for this country”. A YouGov poll for the Sunday Times suggested the Yes campaign is now in the lead for the first time, with 51% in favour of independence compared to 49% against. Another survey, by Panelbase, put the No campaign still ahead by two points at 52%. Last month, Alex Salmond’s campaign was behind by 22 points.

Are we expected to believe, after hundreds of thousands have already voted, that there’s a radical new deal?

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond speaking the BBC’s Sunday Politics