Why has Brexit failed to boost support for Scottish independence?
Swan, Sean
(2017)
Why has Brexit failed to boost support for Scottish independence?
[Online resource]
In the immediate aftermath of the UK’s decision to leave the EU, several opinion polls showed a majority of people in Scotland would vote for independence in a hypothetical second referendum. However, as Sean Swan writes, the polling in recent months has shown a consistent majority of respondents opposing independence. He isolates three key reasons why Brexit has not resulted in the boost for independence that some observers had anticipated.
| Item Type | Online resource |
|---|---|
| Departments | LSE |
| Date Deposited | 22 Mar 2017 12:26 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/69987 |