The Scotland secretary, Alister Jack, told the Commons that there was “no desire in Scotland” for EU membership. But opinion polls suggest that a large majority of Scots do support it.
Since then, every poll collected by the website
on the question of how people would vote in a second referendum has shown more than 50% in Scotland would vote to “remain” in the EU.most recent pollThe prospect of Scotland specifically rejoining the EU was also the most persuasive argument for Scottish independence among those currently opposed to it, according to aIn short, although the desires of people in Scotland are not necessarily a simple matter of fact, the evidence strongly suggests that the majority do want to be part of the EU.
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