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Sturgeon's dreams of a second Scottish independence referendum shattered by new poll

A new poll for the Scottish newspaper the Daily Record has shown that 60% of Scots are against a second independence referendum.

  • 60% of Scots want Sturgeon to scrap her plans to hold a second independence referendum.
  • Even a third of Yes voters want the SNP to think again.
  • A clear majority of Scots are now opposed to leaving the UK.
  • Sturgeon has said she wants to "reflect" on the SNP's loss of MPs at Westminster.
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LONDON — Nicola Sturgeon's dreams of holding a second Scottish independence referendum could be at an end after a new poll found a large majority of Scots want her to drop her plans.

The Daily Record poll found that 60% of Scots want her to scrap her calls for another referendum with just

Even a third of voters who backed 'Yes' in the last referendum want her to think again according to the poll.

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The findings follows the SNP's loss of 21 seats in last week's general election, which Sturgeon's party fought on a platform of holding a second referendum at the end of Brexit negotiations.

The independence referendum of 2014 was won by 'No' to independence, by 55% to 45% who voted 'Yes'.

Survation's poll found that if the referendum were to be re-run today, 'No' would win by a bigger margin of 57% to 43%.

Following her party's poor showing in last week's vote, Sturgeon said she would have to "reflect carefully" on plans for a second referendum.

Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, said that the proposed referendum was "dead".

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In a series of tweets on Wednesday, Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland, said that "most of [the] media speculation about #ScotRef is nonsense".

Scottish Labour's election campaign manager James Kelly told the Daily Record "

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