Support For Scottish Independence Is Growing, Partly Due To U.K.'s COVID-19
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Johnson's performance is one reason why the last 15 polls show that — for
the first time — most Scots consistently support leaving the United Kingdom
. A poll in October found 58% of likely voters backed an independent
Scotland. That is a big shift from 2014 when voters easily defeated a
referendum on independence by 55% to 45%.
As regional parliamentary elections loom in May, Sturgeon's Scottish
National Party is running on a platform of holding a second independence
referendum. If the party does well — as expected — it will claim those
results as a mandate and press the British government for a second vote.
