Whoever wins Scotland's referendum, the ‘yes’ side has emphatically won the campaign

As I left Edinburgh this morning, en route to Inverness, I passed about four ‘yes’ activists cheerily wishing me good morning, asking if I have voted and would I like a ‘yes’ sticker if I had. It worked: on the way to Waverley, people were wearing the ‘yes’ stickers with nary a ‘no’ to be seen. If I were a ‘no’ voter heading for the polling station, I may wonder if I was actually on the wrong side of history. That a party was happening in one room, and I was heading to another – but that there was still time to change my mind.

You have to hand it to the ‘yes’ team: its discipline, messaging, voter targeting and morale have been a sight to behold. I suspect that, today, its get-out-the-vote operation will be nothing short of spectacular. Whoever wins the election, the ‘yes’ side has emphatically won the campaign.