David Cameron last night joked that ‘assassination’ would be a ‘welcome release’ from the pressure of keeping Scotland in the UK – as the battle over independence raged ahead of tomorrow’s vote. The Prime Minister made the crass remarks at a  Downing Street gathering last night as the polls showed Scotland’s future in the Union hanging by a thread. Mr Cameron also decided against a last-minute campaign trip north of the border today – leaving his former adversary Gordon Brown to do the heavy lifting for the ‘No’ campaign while he dropped off his children at school and  visited a factory in Hampshire to highlight Britain’s plummeting unemployment.
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PM made the crass joke at a gathering in Downing Street last night
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He also avoided a last ditch campaign stop to Scotland today
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Comes despite Scotland's future in the UK hanging by a thread
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Mr Cameron today ruled out resigning if Scotland votes 'Yes' tomorrow
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Also insisted he had no 'regrets' about the way he has handled the campaign
‘The vote tomorrow is whether you want to break and sever every link, and I say let's keep our @placeholder pensions, let's keep our UK pound, let's keep our UK passports, let's keep our UK welfare state.