Ten years on from Scotland’s independence referendum

Neither supporters nor opponents of independence have much to crow about. A YouGov poll suggests that, excluding those who do not know, 44% of Scots would vote to leave the UK today, almost the same as the 45% who voted that way ten years ago. But with no clear route to a second referendum, pro-independence “Yes” supporters are gloomy. Another poll, by More in Common, finds that only 47% of them think that Scotland will become independent in their lifetimes. Fully 74% of “No” voters think it will not.