MOSCOW, September 11 (RIA Novosti) – The campaign for the independent Scotland is driven by a negative attitude towards England, UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage wrote for Guardian on Thursday.
“The vote is about secession from England and Mr. [David] Cameron epitomises all that the Scottish people viscerally loathe about England,” Farage stated.
The party leader notes that even if Scotland votes for independence, it will still be dependent on other centers of power. “The problem for the Scots, though, is if they vote yes next week, they will not get independence. Rather, they are voting for rule by Brussels. As Mr. Cameron has brutally discovered, no EU member is truly independent,” he wrote.
A referendum on whether Scotland should be an independent country will take place on September 18. Scots will be asked one question: “Should Scotland be an independent country?” If voters back leaving the United Kingdom, Scotland could become independent on March 24, 2016.
An opinion poll published Tuesday by TNS BMRB revealed that Scottish independence supporters and opponents were evenly split. A survey released over the weekend by market-research company YouGov gave the pro-independence campaign a slight edge of two percentage points.
