It’s a day ending in ‘y’ which means there’s more bad news for the Scottish Nats. Now new polling for unionist group Scotland in Union shows that most Scots feel safer as part of the United Kingdom. The Survation survey revealed that most of Scotland’s population believe they are more secure – and have more influence – as part of the UK, with the country’s people also in favour of retaining the nuclear deterrent. For the anti-Trident, secessionist Nats, it’s quite the blow…
Today’s poll found half of participants believed Scotland is more secure as part of the UK, while almost six in ten respondents felt that the country should hold onto Trident. Only a third felt that the land of the brave would be safer as an independent nation and just a fifth thought the nuclear deterrent should be scrapped. On global alliances – from which Scotland would be removed post-independence – four in five Scots insisted Nato membership was important, three-quarters valued being part of the G7 and the same proportion were in favour of UN Security Council membership.
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