Scots oppose Sturgeon call for separate post-Brexit immigration system
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A majority of Scots are opposed to Nicola Sturgeon's idea of having a separate immigration system after Brexit, new research suggests.
According to eminent psephologist Prof John Curtice, just 24% of voters north of the border would welcome a more liberal regime than the rest of the UK.
Almost two thirds (63%) of Scots want to see the same system in place for the entire UK.
It comes after the SNP's Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, called for an alliance of opposition parties to try to keep Britain in the single market.
The same survey found a five-point drop in support for independence compared to the beginning of 2017, with 44% now in favour of separation.
The deputy leader of the Scottish Tories, Jackson Carlaw, claimed the research "exposes just how utterly out of touch the SNP has become".
However there was better news for the Nationalists with the polling finding that the majority of Scottish voters want to repatriate powers over fishing and farming once they are claimed back from Brussels.
LABOUR CUSTOMS UNION SHIFT?
Elsewhere the Times reports that Labour could shift to backing indefinite membership of a modified customs union.
The paper quotes a source saying the party's position is "fluid" but they hoped to see a change possibly as early as March.
PoliticsHome revealed yesterday that more than 20 Labour MPs have defied Jeremy Corbyn and backed an amendment to the Government's Trade Bill demanding that the option of remaining in the trading arrangement be kept on the table.
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