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He may have been 'embarrassed' by Alex Salmond's Saltire-waving as he won the Wimbledon championship, but Andy Murray appears nevertheless to have sided with the yes campaign over the Scottish independence referendum.
In an eleventh-hour intervention, Murray - who had kept quiet previously - tweeted about his distaste for the no campaign on the day Scotland goes to the polls. In the early hours of Thursday morning he wrote: 'Huge day for Scotland today! No campaign negativity last few days totally swayed my view on it. Excited to see the outcome. Let's do this!'
Huge day for Scotland today! no campaign negativity last few days totally swayed my view on it. excited to see the outcome. lets do this!
- Andy Murray (@andy_murray) September 18, 2014
Murray does not live in Scotland and thus does not have a vote. But the British number one tennis player, who famously joked that he would support 'anyone but England' at the 2006 football World Cup, remains an influential figure and his tacit support is likely to delight Alex Salmond.
The Wimbledon champion's intervention was welcomed on Twitter by supporters of independence as the day arrived on which Scotland will choose whether to stay in the United Kingdom or break away.
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