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		</div><p>Support for Scottish independence has increased to 58 per cent, a new poll suggests, continuing an upward trend in recent months.<br />
The new survey of 1,045 people by Ipsos MORI for STV is the latest in a line of polls showing a steady uptick in support for independence over the past six months.</p>
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<p>When undecided voters are removed, as has been the case in past polls, 58 per cent were in support of leaving the UK.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">NEW from <a href="https://twitter.com/IpsosMORIScot?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IpsosMORIScot</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/STVNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@STVNews</a> </p>
<p>Should Scotland be an independent country?<br />(among likely voters)</p>
<p>Yes 58%<br />No 42%</p>
<p>Inc DKs<br />Yes 55%<br />No 39%<br />DK 6%</p>
<p>n=1,045 Scots aged 16+. <br />f/w 2nd &#8211; 9th Oct, 2020</p>
<p>More to follow.</p>
<p>&mdash; Keiran Pedley (@keiranpedley) <a href="https://twitter.com/keiranpedley/status/1316333408570798081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Surveys by a number of pollsters over the summer and early autumn have shown a shift to majority support for independence.<br />
Before removing undecided voters, support for independence remained strong at 55 per cent, with 39 per cent against and 6 per cent saying they do not know.</p>
<p>SNP deputy leader Keith Brown said the new figures show independence is now the “settled will” of the Scottish people, adding a pro-independence majority in next year’s Holyrood election should lead to another vote on leaving the UK.</p>
<p>He said: “Faced with the chaotic and incompetent government of Boris Johnson and a Westminster system which treats Scotland as an afterthought at best, more and more people are deciding that the best way forward for Scotland is as an equal, independent country.</p>
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<p>“And if there is a clear majority for pro-independence, pro-referendum parties in next year’s election – as this poll shows there would be by some considerable margin – then no Tory or any UK Government has the right to stand in the way.<br />
“Quite simply, in those circumstances, the Tories would lack any moral or democratic authority whatsoever to try to block the will of the people and it would not stand.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Independence is about Scotland &#8211; everyone who lives here &#8211; determining the path we want to take at home and in the world. For those of us already convinced, let’s keep persuading others, with respect and civility. We all have a stake in the future we build <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IndyRef2?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IndyRef2</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Yes?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Yes</a> <a href="https://t.co/iYx12tquMK">https://t.co/iYx12tquMK</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) <a href="https://twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon/status/1316365494484692993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Scotland&#8217;s first minister Nicola Sturgeon was found to be the most trusted among the UK’s political leaders, with a net positive of 49 per cent among those asked – compared to British prime minister Boris Johnson’s net negative of 58 per cent.</p>
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<p>When asked about the poll at the Scottish Government coronavirus briefing in Edinburgh on Wednesday, Ms Sturgeon played it down, stressing her focus is on containing the disease.<br />
She said: “Right now, I’d trade away approval ratings to get rid of Covid.”</p>
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