Scots ‘could keep England in the EU against its will’

STRONG Scottish support for Remain could keep England in the EU against its will, experts warned last night.

Tory MPs said a result in which Leave sentiment in England and Wales was overruled could damage the Union.

Professor John Curtice, a political scientist at Strathclyde University, said: ‘Scotland is certain to Remain... also in Northern Ireland.

‘We’re looking at polls in England and Wales where the Leave side are ahead. If we only get 51 per cent support for Remain, almost undoubtedly Scotland and Northern Ireland would have been pivotal in keeping the UK in the EU.’

Tory MP and Out campaigner Bernard Jenkin said: ‘Unionists in Scotland and Northern Ireland should vote Leave to prevent this damaging the unity of the UK. It would add to the strain between different parts of the UK.’