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Immigration

Majority of voters want 'common sense' approach to immigration with Brexit

BMG polling I commissioned in 2017 found 76% of voters wanted EU citizens convicted of crimes removed, and 52% the long-term unemployed.

By Mev Brown 22 Oct 2026
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Scotland

Send jobless EU migrants home, Scots say in new poll

A BMG poll I commissioned in 2017 found 71% of Scots backed working EU citizens staying, but 45% said those jobless for six months should go home.

By Mev Brown 22 Oct 2026
Voters blame SNP for education crisis in Scottish schools

Scotland

Voters blame SNP for education crisis in Scottish schools

Half of Scots blamed poor behaviour and discipline for collapsing school standards, in a BMG poll I commissioned in 2017.

By Mev Brown 21 Oct 2026
A hand stacking pound coins on a pile of banknotes on a kitchen table, beside a crumpled blank note, with Scottish tenement rooftops through the window

Scotland

Scottish voters in favour of keeping the pound

91% of Scots with a view wanted to keep the pound, in a BMG poll I commissioned in 2017. Even SNP and Yes voters backed sterling.

By Mev Brown 21 Oct 2026
Empty chair with a thistle crest at a desk with a spotlit referendum paper and dusty trays for schools, health and policing, as people queue in the rain outside

Scotland

Scottish voters deliver strong message to Nicola Sturgeon

83% of Scots with a view wanted Nicola Sturgeon to put public services ahead of another independence referendum, in a BMG poll I commissioned in 2017.

By Mev Brown 21 Oct 2026
Illustration of a blue EU steam train spilling banknotes and papers as it crosses a Highland viaduct, watched by a Scottish family and an older man by a noticeboard

Scotland

Scottish voters dismiss EU as 'political gravy train'

82% of Scots with a view called the EU a "political gravy train", in BMG polling I commissioned in 2017. Just 10% disagreed.

By Mev Brown 21 Oct 2026

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