Westminster trembles as pro-independence campaign storms into poll lead - BUT DON'T WORRY, THIS IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL OR SOMETHINGWe've been in the fog of war stage since the Supreme Court ruling. On the one hand there was the Find Out Now poll suggesting that public opinion had been riled up by the discovery that the UK is not a voluntary union and that Scotland is being held prisoner. On the other hand, that poll used very unconventional wording, and both Labour and the Liberal Democrats have been claiming that they've actually found on the doorsteps that the de facto referendum plan is not going down well. (In the immortal words of Mandy Rice-Davies: they would say that, wouldn't they?) So the impact of the ruling has been far from clear, and I wouldn't have been surprised if the first conventional poll had shown either a big drop in the Yes vote, or a big increase. Here's the very good news: it's the latter.
Should Scotland be an independent country? (Redfield & Wilton Strategies, 26th-27th November 2022)
Yes 52% (+4) No 48% (-4)
So it turns out that people don't like being told that they can't have what they vote for in an alleged democracy, or that they can't even vote at all. Who'd have thunk it?
More details and analysis to follow shortly...
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