China News Service, August 13th. According to Reuters, a survey released on the 12th by the British public opinion polling agency Yu Guan found that more than half of Scots support "independence" from Britain. The Scottish people believe that compared with the UK, the Scottish government is more active in responding to the new crown pneumonia epidemic.
Data map: On September 18, 2014, local time, on the referendum day in Scotland, a man specially wore a tie with the St. Andrew's Cross in Scotland.
This poll for The Times found that 53% of people would vote for Scotland’s “independence” in a referendum, an increase of 2 percentage points from January and the highest “independence” approval rate recorded by the company.
In the 2014 referendum, the Scots rejected "independence" by 55% to 45%. This latest poll shows that Scots’ support for “independence” has increased and may strengthen calls for another referendum.
The Scottish National Party insists that they have the right to request a vote on this again. But British Prime Minister Johnson said that the result of the 2014 referendum was decisive and should be respected.
According to the report, the rise in support for Scotland’s “independence” seems to a large extent related to people’s different views on the local and British leadership in Scotland. About 72% of the interviewees believed that Sturgeon, the Chief Minister of Scotland and the leader of the Scottish National Party, performed very well or quite well; and only 20% of the interviewees believed that the performance of British Prime Minister Johnson was good. The Scottish government led by Sturgeon has the authority on public health policy, and she is more cautious than Johnson in easing restrictions on the epidemic.
Scotland, which accounts for about 10% of the British population, has had no new crown deaths since mid-July 2020. During the same period, the United Kingdom recorded 1362 deaths from the new crown.