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58% of Scots Say They Would Back Independent Scotland

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A new poll has shown 58% of people would back Scottish independence in a referendum โ€“ a record-equalling high.

The poll, conducted by Savanta ComRes on behalf of the Scotsman newspaper, now means 17 polls in a row have shown a sustained majority for independence.

In addition to independence polling, people were also asked their voting intentions in the 2021 Holyrood elections.

Here, the SNP is projected to win 55% of the constituency vote and 42% of the regional list vote, putting the party on course to secure a majority.

Commenting, SNP Depute Leader Keith Brown MSP said:

โ€œThis poll โ€“ the seventeenth in a row with a clear majority for Yes โ€“ shows that independence is becoming the settled will of the majority of people in Scotland.

โ€œFaced with an arrogant, out-of-touch Tory government at Westminster, which side-lines Scotland at every opportunity, and is dragging Scotland out of the EU against our will, it’s no surprise that people want a better future.

โ€œThe people of Scotland simply will not stand for the Tories threatening our NHS and taking a wrecking ball to our Scottish Parliament with their Power Grab Bill.

โ€œBoris Johnsonโ€™s Trump-like bid to deny democracy will not stand.

โ€œIt is the people who live here who have the right to decide Scotlandโ€™s future – not Brexit-obsessed governments we donโ€™t vote for led by the likes of Boris Johnson.

โ€œThe referendum that can deliver independence is only possible if people use both votes to back the SNP in May.

โ€œThis crucial Scottish Parliamentary election is only 140 days away and every vote counts.โ€

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