Salmond knew the game was up when the first result was announced

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47% : And on the day of polling, that belief, that quasi-religious faith in the inevitability of their cause, was bolstered by a reputable polling organisation, who told Salmond and his team that not only would Scots vote Yes, they would do so by an eight point margin over No.First Contact, which is based in Canada, even went so far as to reveal their predictions to the local media before the votes inScotland had been counted, telling the Toronto Star that it was 'pretty confident' that the Yes campaign was going to win.

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