Independence

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.

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.