How Brexit has created a new divide in the nationalist movement

Primary Author or Creator:
John Curtice
Additional Author(s) / Creators
Ian Montagu
Publisher:
What Scotland Thinks
Alternative Published Date
2018
Category:
Type of Resource:
Research Paper
Length (Pages, words, minutes etc...)
31pp
Fast Facts

The level of support in Scotland for independence has not increased in the wake of Brexit, but  support for the idea has become more closely linked to having a favourable view of the EU.

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Although the level of support in Scotland for independence has not increased in the wake of Brexit, support for the idea has become more closely linked to having a favourable view of the EU.

Support for the SNP fell more heavily among those who are sceptical about the EU than it did among those who take a more favourable view of the EU.

The tendency of those with a strong sense of English identity to vote Leave in the EU referendum does not signal a wider English nationalism that is unsympathetic to Scottish devolution.

 

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