Professor John Robertson OBA

From: Scottish Social Attitudes | 25 years of devolution in Scotland: Public attitudes and reactions published last week: https://natcen.ac.uk/publications/scottish-social-attitudes-25-years-devolution-scotland

As a result, in our latest survey, nearly three-quarters said that the Scottish Parliament should be responsible for at least all of the country’s domestic affairs, and to that extent the increase in the institution’s powers after the 2014 referendum was in tune with public opinion. Certainly, with just 15% wanting a parliament that did not deal with tax and only another 8% supporting the UK Government making all decisions, the view that the Scottish Parliament should not have the enhanced powers that it now enjoys is very much a minority outlook. 

Regardless of media sniping and biased polling, this makes a clear case that 15 years of SNP competence in government, as endorsed by this survey, has resulted in 75% of Scots becoming confident in the Scottish Government controlling everything other than defence and foreign affairs and around 50% calling for control of those too. We’re clearly on the edge of something big here.

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