Scots voters 'more polarised than ever' on independence question

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Scots are "more polarised than ever" on the independence question, a new poll has found.The annual British Social Attitudes survey found that divisions on constitutional reform have grown over the last decade.

While 82 per cent of SNP voters are firmly in favour of independence, just five per cent of Conservatives are.The gap between supporters of the two parties on the issue has grown from 46 percentage points in 2012 to 77 percentage points today.It comes as Nicola Sturgeon pushes forward with plans to hold an IndyRef2 in October next year - but only if Supreme Court judges rule Holyrood has the powers to stage such a vote.

The case will be heard in London next month.The survey also found that when asked to choose between independence, devolution and no Scottish Parliament, 52 per cent of Scots favoured independence - up from 23 per cent in 2012.In 2011 around a quarter of Conservative supporters and Labour supporters in England said that Scotland should become independent.

Now almost twice as many Labour supporters (30%) as Conservative supporters (16%) express that view.Professor John Curtice, the country's leading polling expert, said: "Supporters of the major parties are more polarised than ever over the question of how Scotland should be governed."That will not make it easier to secure widespread assent to whatever outcome emerges from the current debate."He added: "Not least of the reasons for this is Brexit, which seems to have helped fuel partisan disagreement about the country’s constitution. "Some Remain voters appear to have reacted to being on the losing side in the EU referendum by now wanting to change the rules under which the UK is governed. "Far from representing a set of conventions and procedures on