Full question: As you may know, the Scottish Government is currently looking at different options to prove whether or not there is a democratic mandate for Scottish independence, to establish their right to demand a start to negotiations with the UK Government over Scottish independence. Leaving aside your own current view on independence, would you say there would be a proven democratic mandate for Scottish independence if ….A majority of voters vote Yes to independence in a referendum, held by the Scottish Government without the agreement of the UK Government?

All questions relevant to this website that were asked on the same poll:

• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of Nicola Sturgeon?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of Douglas Ross?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of Anas Sarwar?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of Keir Starmer?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of Boris Johnson?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of Liz Truss?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of Rishi Sunak?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of Scottish Labour?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of the Scottish Conservatives?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of the Scottish Liberal Democrats?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of the Scottish Greens?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of the Scottish National Party?
• When, if at all, do you think there should be another referendum on Scottish independence? (2023/2024-6/after 2026/never)
• How convincing do you find the argument that Scotland should be independent because the UK is leaving the EU even though Scotland voted to Remain?
• How convincing do you find the argument that Scotland should be independent because Westminster governments cannot be trusted to act in Scotland’s interests?
• How convincing do you find the argument that Scotland should be independent because, in the long term, Scotland’s economy will be stronger outside the UK than within it?
• How convincing do you find the following argument for Scottish independence: people in Scotland want to take the country in a very different political direction to England?
• How convincing do you find the argument that Scotland gets the best of both worlds from having its own devolved Parliament and also being part of the UK?
• How convincing do you find the argument that leaving the UK and becoming an independent country would be a major risk for Scotland’s economy and jobs?
• How convincing do you find the argument that leaving the UK would leave Scotland isolated and weaker on the international stage?
• How convincing do you find the following argument for Scotland staying part of the UK: ‘In spite of current challenges, the different countries of the UK still have more in common than divides us’?
• Do you think there would be a democratic mandate for Scottish independence if a majority of voters vote Yes to independence in a referendum that both the Scottish and UK Governments agree to hold?
• Do you think there would be a democratic mandate for Scottish independence if a majority of voters vote Yes to independence in a referendum held by the Scottish Government without the agreement of the UK Government?
• Do you think there would be a democratic mandate for Scottish independence if a majority of voters vote for pro-independence parties at the next General Election, but there is no explicit referendum on the subject?
• To what extent, if at all, do you have a favourable or unfavourable opinion of Liz Truss?