Scotland at the crossroads
The SNP have ruled Scotland for the last four years as a minority government, but have been unable to hold a referendum on independence due to the blocking votes of the three London-based parties. Now, however, opinion polls indicate that the Nationalists will increase their seat total on Thursday, but probably not by enough to secure a majority. Polls regularly indicate that the Scots would reject independence, which in practice would only affect Westminster representation as no parties want to drop the monarchy or sterling at the moment, but like Quebec, a vote will probably be needed to settle the issue.