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Most Scots would vote to stay in the UK if an independence referendum were held tomorrow, according to a new poll.
The poll of 1,015 Scots suggests that 46% would vote against Scottish independence, compared to 43% in favor.
However, when insecure voters are excluded, the Savanta ComRes poll for the Scotland on Sunday newspaper indicates that between 52% and 48% are in favor of the union.
The poll is the first to be conducted since Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond gave testimony to the Holyrood investigation into the former prime minister’s investigation.
Conducted two days after Sturgeon, the current prime minister, appeared before the committee, the poll found that 35% of those polled said the research made them less likely to vote for independence.
Another 16% said the research made them more likely to vote yes, and 41% said it had made no difference.
According to the survey, 43% said their trust in Sturgeon had decreased as a result of the investigation.
But trust in Salmond has fallen further, with 57% of those surveyed believing him less than before the investigation began.
The committee on handling complaints of harassment by the Scottish government was created after Salmond successfully challenged the legality of the government’s investigation into him.
The former SNP leader, who spearheaded the yes campaign in the 2014 independence referendum, received a payment of £ 512,250 after it emerged that the investigating officer was found to have had prior contact with two of the complainants.
At the Edinburgh session court, Lord Pentland described the investigation as “illegal” and “tainted by apparent prejudice” after the government granted judicial review the week before the case was to be heard in court.
Chris Hopkins, Associate Director of Savanta ComRes, said: “Although awareness of Salmond’s research has grown unsurprisingly since December, it is not to say that the story has had a huge impact on its protagonists, whom they say they trust so much with. in Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond more and less now increasing in practically the same proportions.
“With only a fifth of 2014 there are no voters less likely to support independence because of the saga, its impact on the prime minister does not appear to be catastrophic, for now.”
The SNP responded, saying: “With Scotland Sunday / Savanta ComRes stating that this poll is not comparable to previous polls and has not been weighted properly, it should be treated with caution.
“The SNP is looking forward to the election campaign where we will work to win the support of all of Scotland to continue to protect people from Covid, support Scotland’s NHS, create jobs and ensure that as we recover from the pandemic The future of Scotland is decided by the people who live here, not by Boris Johnson’s conservative party.
“That is what people across the country are focusing on and that is what we will do.”
