Sunday, October 16, 2011

UK News:


British voters back Scotland split
(AFP) – 
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LONDON — A simple majority of British voters outside Scotland back Scottish independence, a poll published Sunday found.
The ComRes poll for The Independent on Sunday and Sunday Mirror showed that support for Scotland going it alone has risen sharply in recent months.
Some 39 percent of adults in England, Wales and Northern Ireland thought Scotland should become an independent state -- up six points since May -- while 38 percent disagree.
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond's Scottish National Party (SNP), which advocates independence, wants to put the matter to a referendum towards the end of the five-year term his party won in May.
A spokesman for the Scotland Office said Salmond's Edinburgh government had "yet to put any detail on its plans for independence to the people of Scotland".
"We will continue to demand they do so, while at the same time making the strong and positive case for (Scotland) remaining part of the United Kingdom."
SNP campaigns director Angus Robertson said the poll showed there was significant support in Scotland and England "for our nations having a new relationship of equality as two independent countries, sharing a head of state and working together as partners in Europe".
Meanwhile, the Labour Party are ahead in the polls, on 39 percent, with the Conservatives on 37 percent, the Liberal Democrats on 10 percent and other parties on 14 percent, the ComRes poll found.
Some 30 percent said they trusted David Cameron and chancellor George Osborne to make the right decisions about the economy, while 49 percent disagreed.
For Labour's top team, the respective figures were 18 percent and 55 percent.
Some 34 percent thought Cameron was turning out to be a good prime minister, with 47 percent disagreeing.
ComRes surveyed 2,004 British adults online on Wednesday and Thursday.
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