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Scotland independence: the ayes and nays
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A girl holding a Saltire, watches the entertainment outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, during Scotland's independence referendum. (AFP PHOTO)
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Scottish independence referendum Yes campaign supporters and members of a Scottish historical re-enactment group Ed Hastings, right, and his wife Sandy Hastings, left, wearing historical Scottish outfits pose for photographs for tourists on Calton Hill, in Edinburgh, Scotland. (AP photo)
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YES and NO supporters for the Scottish Independence Referendum stand next to each other in Edinburgh. Across Scotland, dinner table talk is getting heated as families fight over how to vote in Scotland's independence referendum. A generation gap has opened up, with younger voters more inclined to back independence and their elders saying they want to remain in the United Kingdom. Support for the status quo is strongest among the over-60s _ who are worried about the consequences of breaking free on pensions, health-care and their savings; the pro-independence movement is largely being driven by the under-40s. With both sides neck-and-neck in the polls, the rival campaigns have called on their core supporters to make a last ditch attempt to swing the vote. (AP Photo)
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Anti-independence "Better Together" campaign canvasser Brian Stewart shares a joke with a voter in Edinburgh, Scotland, on the eve of Scotland's independence referendum. (AFP photo)
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A pro-independence campaigner hands out leaflets in central Glasgow, ahead of the referendum on Scottish independence. (AFP photo)
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Residents chat with Scottish independence referendum Yes campaigner Roisin McLaren, right, as she canvasses voters in Edinburgh, Scotland. (AP photo)
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Former British Prime Minister and No campaigner for the Scottish independence referendum Gordon Brown delivers a speech at a No campaign event in Glasgow, Scotland. Will the ayes have it, or will Scotland say naw thanks? No one is certain. Excitement and anxiety mounted across the country Wednesday, the final day of campaigning before Thursday's referendum on independence. With opinion polls suggesting the result is too close to call and turnout expected to reach record levels, supporters of separation feel they are within touching distance of victory — but wonder whether their surge in the polls will be enough. (AP photo)
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Pro-independence campaigners rally in central Glasgow, Scotland, on the eve of Scotland's independence referendum. Campaigners for and against Scottish independence scrambled for votes on Wednesday on the eve of a knife-edge referendum that will either see Scotland break away from the United Kingdom or gain sweeping new powers with greater autonomy. (AFP photo)
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Chief executive of Yes Scotland Blair Jenkins addresses a pro-independence rally in central Glasgow, Scotland, on the eve of Scotland's independence referendum.(AFP photo)
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Pro-independence campaigners place a huge "Yes" sign underneath Salisbury Crags in Edinburgh on the eve of Scotland's independence referendum. (AFP photo)
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