Poll shows majority of Scots oppose indyref2 vote in 2017

A NEW poll has suggested Scots are strongly opposed to holding another independence referendum this year.

By The Newsroom
Monday, 2nd January 2017, 9:21 am
Updated Monday, 9th January 2017, 1:12 pm
A new poll shows support for independence is almost the same as 2014.
A new poll shows support for independence is almost the same as 2014.

The BMG poll for The Herald newspaper shows today that when ‘don’t knows’ are excluded, 61.5 per cent said that they were against a new vote in 2017.

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The poll also suggests support for an independence is at 45.5 per cent which is almost identical to the 2014 referendum result - with 54.5 per cent opposed.