Scots back indyref2 if ‘supermajority’ is elected
More than half of voters would back a second independence referendum in Scotland should a twothirds supermajority of pro-independence MSPS be returned to Holyrood, a poll has found.
The poll, by Panelbase for The Sunday Times which interviewed 1,009 voters, found that 55 per cent of Scots – once don’t knows were excluded – agreed that indyref2 would be justified should a supermajority of 86 pro-independence MSPS be returned to Holyrood.
This supermajority could include the SNP, Greens and Alex Salmond’s new pro-independence party, Alba.
If those three parties gained a ‘supermajority’ – defined in the Scotland Act as two-thirds of Holyrood of 86 MSPS – then 45 per cent of Scots would still believe a second independence referendum was not justified.
Alba have failed to define exactly what the party means by ‘supermajority’, however, more than half of Scots believe they are ‘confident’ they understand what is meant by the term according to a Savanta Comres poll for The Scotsman.
However, the First Minister has criticised the constitutional argument from Mr Salmond that negotiations around independence should start on day one of the new Scottish Parliament.
Ms Sturgeon said that wanting to “jump over and bulldoze your way to independence” would risk pushing undecided voters away from the movement.
She adding it was time to “knock on the head” the idea that a ‘supermajority’ was required as a mandate for a second independence referendum.