Curtice: Majority will give SNP IndyRef nod

Expert claims Swinney would have mandate if poll correct

- BY DAN VEVERS

BRITAIN'S top pollster has said a shock poll showing the SNP on course for a historic majority would give John Swinney a mandate to demand IndyRef2.

Professor Sir John Curtice, of Strathclyde University, said it would make it “more difficult” for Keir Starmer to resist Swinney’s independence push although he cautioned many Scots still need to be persuaded.