Majority would back Scottish independence if Johnson becomes PM, poll suggests

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>More than half of Scottish voters would vote to leave the UK if Boris Johnson becomes prime minister&comma; a new poll suggests&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A Panelbase survey of 1&comma;024 voters found that&comma; at the moment&comma; 49&percnt; of those questioned support Scottish independence &lpar;up one point since last month&rpar; while 51&percnt; are against it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; when asked how they would vote if Johnson were to become prime minister&comma; 53&percnt; say they would back independence&comma; with 47&percnt; against it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The survey was conducted last week for the Sunday Times&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The poll found that Johnson has a personal approval rating of minus 37 north of the border&comma; behind his leadership rival Jeremy Hunt&comma; who shares an approval rating of minus 24 with Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s rating is neutral while Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson is on minus one&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s approval rating is minus 44 in Scotland&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A Scottish Conservative Party spokesman said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;No matter who wins the leadership race&comma; Scotland is better off remaining part of the UK&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There is no evidence the Scottish public have the appetite for a re-run of the 2014 vote&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is time instead for us to come together&comma; to move on from constitutional division and focus on the things that matter&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads5--><&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e34fed0b02a">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e34fed0b02a'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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