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Scotland decides: final poll puts No on 52 per cent

The survival of the United Kingdom was hanging by a thread last night after the final Times poll in the referendum campaign put the nationalists only two points from victory.

The large YouGov poll put the No campaign to keep the Union on 52 per cent with Yes on 48 per cent. Four per cent remained undecided, enough to swing the result.

With 4.2 million Scots registered to vote in today’s referendum and the expected turnout as high as 90 per cent, fewer than 100,000 voters separate the two camps.

As the two-year battle for the nation reached a frenetic climax, Alex Salmond, Scotland’s first minister, and Gordon Brown, the former prime minister, sought to inspire their supporters and appeal to wavering voters.

“Have confidence,