NEARLY 60% of people in Scotland believe Holyrood should decide on holding a referendum on Scottish independence, according to a new poll.
The Survation poll, commissioned by the SNP, asked whether the Scottish Parliament or Westminster should have the final say on whether a further ballot on independence should be held.
Respondents backed Holyrood over Westminster by a ratio of two to one with 59% choosing the Scottish Parliament, 30% going for the UK Parliament and 11% undecided.
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More than half (56%) of those polled who voted Labour at the 2017 General Election backed Holyrood having the final say, with 33% favouring Westminster.
For SNP voters at the General Election this changed to 89% for Holyrood and 4% for Westminster and for the Conservatives 25% for the former and 67% for the latter.
Speaking at the SNP's annual conference in Glasgow, SNP depute leader Keith Brown said: "A poll out today shows people in Scotland overwhelmingly believe that the Scottish Parliament, not Westminster, should have the final say over holding a referendum on independence.
"It's no surprise given that background that we have once again seen the coming together of the unionist parties in Scotland.
"It was also no surprise, to me or anybody else, that they coalesced as Better Together in the 2014 referendum."
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He added: "They have all come back together to demand that the UK Government should be able to block the democratic rights of the people of Scotland.
"When we ask the people of Scotland about independence - and we will ask the people of Scotland about independence - they will come back with a three word answer: yes we can."
Brown announced a further day of action on independence on November 17, following on from one earlier last month.
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