Well, it’s going to be a nail-biter. The voting has closed, and I’ve just spoken to Hamish Macdonell and James Forsyth for the podcast: both sides think that they have won. Why? The polls show it’s too close to call, so each side is going on anecdote – and risks a positive feedback loop. I’m in Inverness, near my hometown of Nairn, but the joy of being back in the Highlands is tempered by the chat. In the bar I was at (Hootananny, the city’s best venue for folk music) the punters were swapping stories about getting their friends and family out for ‘yes’.
So are we going to wake up to a United Kingdom? The 'No' camp say the signs from the postal votes are good.
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