SCOTLAND DECIDES: ‘This is our first chance in 300 years to be ourselves’

"I’m swithering," said a woman outside the parliament building in Edinburgh as she used a local term for swinging backwards and forwards without being able to make a decision to explain where she stood as Scotland’s future hung precariously in the balance.

And the dilemma expressed by Sheila McGregor holds the key to this election, as which ever way the “don’t knows” break determines whether Scotland itself breaks away from the UK or not.

With the final polls showing a 51-49 split in decided voters, the significant numbers of those yet to make up their minds after two full years of campaigning will determine the outcome.