Britain’s decision to leave the European Union has entrenched divisions among voters in Scotland, though more are warming to the economic argument for pursuing independence from the UK, according to new research.
The latest Scottish Social Attitudes Survey found that 41 percent of respondents thought the economy would improve by breaking away from England and Wales compared with 26 percent in 2014, the year Scotland voted in a referendum to remain in the three-centuries-old union.
The data showed that support for independence had aligned with Brexit, with people who want to stay in the EU now more likely to back leaving the U.K. Euroskeptics, meanwhile, are more likely to back Britain’s governing Conservative Party in Scotland at the expense of the Scottish National Party, a trend that was borne out in last year’s general election.
A majority of Scots voted against Brexit in the 2016 EU referendum and the semi-autonomous government in Edinburgh has been pushing to stay in the single market and customs union. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon vowed to go back to the people on independence once the outcome of the Brexit negotiations is known. [...]
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