Majority don’t want indyref2 in five years

Most Scots don’t want to see a second referendum on independence in the next five years, a new poll has revealed.

The issue continues to divide the country, with 40 per cent of those surveyed stating they would like to see another vote inside that period, according to a Survation poll of 2,041 Scots.

More than a third of these do not want to see another vote on leaving the UK staged at all. A quarter want a repeat of the 2014 referendum within the next two years.

The poll was commissioned by the Progress Scotland think-tank led by EX-SNP deputy leader Angus Robertson.

Pamela Nash, chief executive of Scotland in Union, said: “This poll shows that the majority of people in Scotland don’t want another divisive independence referendum for at least five years.”

However, when a timescale was not included, a total of 61 per cent of respondents said there should be another referendum on Scottish independence.

SNP depute leader Keith Brown said: “Scotland in Union are clearly rattled and running scared on the back of this poll, which shows that a growing majority of people in Scotland agree there should be another independence referendum..”