While Sturgeon is right in that pro-independence parties have a majority in Holyrood (the SNP and Greens have a combined 72 seats), when it comes to the what the public want, it isn’t that straight forward. 🔵 ChrisHopkins92 for ipaperviews
According to opinion polls there’s no clear desire for a second referendum or independence in general is ultimately based on two things; a democratic mandate and, as she put it, the “will of the people”.
It’s also wrong to assume that the way someone voted in an election reflects how they feel about independence. Doing so would imply that the most important factor deciding which party someone voted for at the last Scottish Parliamentary election was their attitude to independence.19 per cent of Scots said that independence was in their top three issues,
Looking at independence referendum voting intention our poll, conducted at the end of April and the beginning of May, found that 45 per cent said they would vote Yes, 47 percent would vote No, leaving just eight per cent undecided. These figures ultimately demonstrate the issue facing Nicola Sturgeon in using “the will of people” as an argument for a second vote.
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