New poll finds Scots "continue to reject" UKIP

The Scottish National Party say they have welcomed a new opinion poll showing a lead over Labour in Westminster voting intentions and what they say  the Scots are "continuing to reject" UKIP.  

The Populus poll of over 1000 Scots shows the SNP on 34 per cent - ahead of all of the Westminster parties. While the poll puts UKIP in double figures in every other region of the UK, the party polls only 4 per cent in Scotland. 

Poll figures:

Scottish National Party 34

Scottish Labour 32 

Scottish Conservatives 19 

Scottish Liberal Democrats 7 

United Kingdom Independence Party 4

Scottish Greens 3 

British National Party 1

Commenting SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson said: “This is a hugely encouraging poll for the SNP, showing a lead on Westminster voting intentions and no sign of a UKIP breakthrough in Scotland. Nigel Farage and his party will continued to be defeated at the ballot box in Scotland – as they have been defeated many times before in Scotland – the same way that they will be defeated at the forthcoming European Parliamentary elections.

Turning to the The referendum in September Mr Robertson commented that it is "a choice of two very different futures, a fact highlighted by the contrasting polling figures south of the border – as the Tories and Labour are dancing to UKIP’s tune – where Mr Farage and his party score considerably higher.”