Professor John Curtice, the polling pundit has produced a report (HERE) about why Scotland voted to remain but for me the most interesting thing is the level of support for EU membership from the 18-34 age group who voted 67% in favour of remaining. This compares with 47% for the 35-54 age group and only 41% for the over 55s.
So, the people least affected by the referendum voted overwhelmingly to leave while those most affected, the young, voted even more overwhelmingly to remain.
In the next 10-15 years as the older voters pass on and assuming people's opinions remain the same (a heroic assumption I know) the majority may want to stay. What an irony this will be when a future prime minister's pen hovers over the signing page of a new trade deal with the EU, knowing that polling evidence is showing most people want to restore our membership.
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