People will be “on the streets” and the UK will face face civil unrest this winter unless households are given more help to pay skyrocketing energy bills, a Conservative MP has predicted.
09.08.2022 - 07:07 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The next Tory leader "won't keep the Union safe" by following Boris Johnson's blunt refusal to allow an IndyRef2, the country's top pollster has said.
Professor John Curtice claimed whoever enters Downing Street next month would be better off trying to persuade Scots of the benefits of remaining in the UK.
Liz Truss is the clear favourite to become the next Prime Minister and is expected to see off a challenge from fellow Tory MP Rishi Sunak.
But she has faced a backlash from the SNP and some Conservatives after claiming the best way to deal with Nicola Sturgeon is to "ignore her".
Curtice, a politics expert at Strathclyde University, told the Record that Unionists were "kicking the can down the road" on the question of whether a second referendum on independence could take place.
It comes as Truss and Sunak prepare to speak at a Tory party hustings in Perth next week where the issue of IndyRef2 is expected to dominate.
Curtice said: "Truss's tactics seem to be to basically carry on with the Johnson line - keep on kicking the can down the road by saying now is not the time for a referendum, you had one eight years ago.
"Sunak has shown perhaps some indication that he might be willing to engage in the Union debate. My own view is that if Unionists have any sense, they will get involved.
"Whatever happens, whether we have a referendum or not, Nicola Sturgeon is going to spend the next 12 months trying to increase the level of support for independence.
"If you want to make the Union safe, by far and away the best thing to do, is to actually make the case for the Union and persuade people.
"The reason the Union is in trouble is because, at the moment, only half the people in Scotland want to stay inside it.
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