Could John Swinney's 'SNP majority' plan create a dead-end for independence?

Polls suggest pro-independence majority ahead of May 7 Scottish election

With less than two weeks to go until the 2026 Scottish Parliament election, when voters will elect 129 MSPs – 73 constituency and 56 regional – a growing body of polling is shaping expectations for both the electoral outcome and Scotland’s constitutional future. Two polls released this week suggest that a majority of Scots could now favour independence. A Find Out Now survey of more than 1,000 respondents, commissioned by James Kelly of the pro-…

Could John Swinney's 'SNP majority' plan create a dead-end for independence?

POLLS are like buses, it seems. You wait all week for one, and then two come along at once ...