A YouGov survey for Progressive Partnership, published in today’s Sunday Mail, show that, 54% of Scots backed remaining in the UK compared to just 34% supporting separation. When undecided voters were removed, 61% of Scots support Scotland’s place in the UK with only 39% in favour of break-up. The new poll shows a 6 point swing in favour of the campaign for Scotland to stay in the UK, compared to the most recent previous poll by YouGov for Channel Four News.
Better Together said that as more Scots start to think seriously about the implications of separation the more people are rejecting Alex Salmond’s negative and divisive campaign.
Better Together leader and former Chancellor Alistair Darling said: "I am not complacent but I am not surprised by this poll. People are looking more closely at the consequences of separation - for their families, their jobs and the future of their children. I passionately believe that Scotland - my country and its people - are better off staying in the UK. We can have the best of both worlds, with a strong Scottish Parliament with more powers, backed up by the strength, security and stability of being a partner in something bigger - the UK"
Concluding Mr Darling commented: "Separation risks our future. For what? Alex Salmond refuses to tell us what would replace the Pound, and can't tell us how pensions would be paid. It is realistic, not scaremongering, to expect answers to hard-headed questions of those who want to break up the UK."
