Facing More Difficult Circumstances? Prospects for the Scottish Conservatives

20th November 2020 Comment Elections, parties & leaders How Scotland should be governed

At first glance the Scottish Conservatives, who are meeting in virtual conference this weekend, can look forward to next year’s Scottish Parliament election with a fair degree of confidence. In polls conducted since September, the party has averaged 20% on the constituency vote and 19% on the regional vote. That is somewhat down on the […]







Podcast: Is Brexit fuelling support for independence?

6th November 2020 Comment How Scotland should be governed

Sir John Curtice, Ian Montagu, and Claire Elliott explore data from the latest Scottish Social Attitudes survey, and take a look at what it can tell us about the links between attitudes towards Brexit and views on Scottish independence. They also discuss the latest independence polling, and examine the potential drivers behind another increase in […]