Union in crisis as polls reveal voters want referendum on Scottish independence and united Ireland
www.thetimes.co.uk
The UK is facing a constitutional crisis that will strain the Union as new polls reveal a majority of voters in Scotland and Northern Ireland want referendums on the break-up of Britain.A four-country

In Northern Ireland, a majority — 51 per cent to 44 per cent — want a referendum about the border within the next five years. And unionists hold only a slender lead over those who want a united Ireland now — 47 per cent to 42 per cent — but another 11% are undecided, enough to threaten the future of the UK.
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Northern Irish voters also think there will be a united Ireland within 10 years by a margin of 48 per cent to 44 per cent.

The Scottish poll, conducted by Panelbase, found that the SNP is on course for a huge landslide in the Scottish parliament elections due in May — likely to be the trigger for a new political crisis.
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Today’s Panelbase survey puts the independence vote on 49 per cent, five points ahead of the unionists, with 7 per cent of voters undecided. With the don’t knows removed, that’s a 52 per cent to 48 per cent win for Sturgeon’s team.

YouGov, which conducted the surveys in Wales and England, found that support for Welsh independence has grown to 23 per cent — up from the teens five years ago.

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  • redfern45 [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Would an independent Scotland loosen up their immigration policies at all? My dream would be to move over there sometime

    • Zezima [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Probably. Scots independence view themselves as civic nationalists and would therefore try to create a national identity based on values rather than ethnicity. This might prove to be difficult given that >95% of the population is white.