Remains campaigners are out in force in the West End and Partick areas of Glasgow, with the leave camp conspicuous by their absence around polling stations.
But I’m told that’s because Leave are concentrating on their get out the vote operation. Plus, the student/middle class/SNP make-up of the area probably doesn’t speak to their core support.
Polling station officials report a steady flow of voters, no doubt encouraged by the bright sunshine, though not yet teaching the high watermark of 2014’s Scottish independence referendum.
Remainers out in force in Glasgow's Hillhead as polling station officials report steady flow of early voters #EUrefpic.twitter.com/bkJFhtRT5H
Landmark buildings across Europe, including in Madrid and Warsaw, have been lit up with a Union Jack to show support for the Remain campaign, according to video from the Business Insider.
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“Frankly, if this is the end of my political career… I’ve done eight years as mayor of London, I enjoyed it hugely, it was a massive privilege. Fine by me.”
But he remains fairly chipper about the outcome.
“Our campaign has been about optimism and self-reliance. This is an absolute turning point in the story of our country because I think if we go on with being enmeshed in the EU it will continue to erode our democracy. That is something that worries me.”
Boris spent part of the final day of campaigning kissing fish at Billingsgate.
Boris Johnson kisses a wild salmon as he is shown around Billingsgate Fish Market in London with porter Greg Essex Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Steve Bell features Boris kissing fish in outer space in his latest If... cartoon.
Both David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn have cast their votes.
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves after casting his vote at a polling station in Islington, London. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA
Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha vote in the EU Referendum at the Central Methodist Hall in London Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA
Germany’s Bild newspaper promised on Thursday that Germans would not hog hotel sunloungers and would ditch their goalkeeper for the next penalty shootout, playing on friendly stereotypes in a last-ditch plea to Britons to stay in the European Union.
“Dear Brits, if you remain in the EU ... then we ourselves will recognise the Wembley goal,” Bild declared above a picture of Geoff Hurst’s controversial extra-time goal in the 1966 World Cup Final, when the English soccer team beat West Germany.
Touching on decades of rivalry on the soccer pitch, the paper said Germany would go without its goalkeeper in the next penalty shootout between England and Germany.
Germany is considered by English soccer fans to be their main sporting rival. Germany defeated England in a penalty shootout in the semi-finals of the 1990 World Cup and the semi-finals of the 1996 Euros.
Leaning on decades of jokes between the countries, the mass-selling tabloid promised to put towels on sun loungers to reserve the best spots for Britons by the hotel pool, and to not use suntan lotion out of solidarity with sunburnt Brits.
If Britain were to stay in the EU, Bild also pledged to supply the baddie for every James Bond film, put its clocks back one hour so they were on the same time zone as Britain and introduce an EU guideline that bans froth on beer.
Earlier this month, Germany’s Der Spiegel published a bilingual edition of its weekly magazine in English and German containing a strong appeal for Britons to vote to remain
Police said they were not expecting trouble as tens of millions of Britons are expected to vote in Thursday’s referendum.
Despite a bitter and heated campaign, police said they expected a peaceful day. Police commanders have been issued with extensive guidance on how to minimise the chances of electoral fraud with police chiefs keen not avoid getting caught up in the rancour surrounding Brexit.
A spokesperson for the National Police Chiefs’ Council said: “While there is currently no intelligence to suggest issues will arise around Thursday’s poll, police forces are monitoring the situation locally and putting appropriate plans in place to ensure a fair and peaceful electoral process.”
A policeman and an official stand outside a polling station at Christ Church Church of England Primary School in Brick Lane, London. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
No voting problems reported so far in Barnet. The London borough has a lot to prove after hundreds of people, including the chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, were turned away at last month’s elections after a voting register blunder.
Polling stations open from 7am to 10pm today. Check the full list of polling stations in Barnet here: https://t.co/vb0HCJs5zw#EUref
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