ALMOST 40 per cent of Scots would be less likely to back independence if the nation were to adopt the euro after leaving the UK, a new poll has found.
Reported in the Telegraph, the poll found that 39% of respondents said they would be less likely to back a Yes vote if it meant replacing the pound with the Euro.
However, the data from Redfield and Wilton Strategies has not been reported and is not yet available on their website, so it is unclear how many of this 39% of voters would be likely to back a Yes vote in the first place.
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The issue of what currency to use post-independence is one which hangs over the SNP. In 2014 Alex Salmond advocated a currency union, with the Better Together campaign’s rejection of this seen as a key turning point in the referendum.
The new survey of 1000 Scots adults found that 47% of voters would back remaining in the Union if indyref2 were held tomorrow, while 44% would back becoming an independent nation.
The remaining nine per cent said they were undecided, suggesting opinion in the country still sits on a knife-edge.
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Elsewhere the poll will contain grim reading for Boris Johnson, as it suggests a clear majority of 60% of Scottish voters disapprove of his overall job performance.
This is compared to a majority of 53% of voters who think Nicola Sturgeon is doing a good job in her role as First Minister.
This is reflected in Scotland’s attitudes to the vaccine roll-out. The Redfield and Wilton Strategies poll found that just 22% of people believe Westminster deserves more credit than Holyrood for the success of the immunisation programme.
Conversely, 38% of people asked said that the Scottish Government deserved more credit for the roll-out’s success.
However, the late stages of the pandemic seem to have strengthened the Unionist cause. While the summer of 2020 saw Yes take a sustained lead over No, 57% of those surveyed said Westminster’s early procurement of the vaccine had demonstrated the benefits of the Union.
Across the board, 26% of those asked said the pandemic had strengthened arguments for the Union, while 23% said it had weakened them. A larger proportion (38%) said it had made no difference either way.
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