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Most Scots would back an independent Scotland within Europe if faced with the straight choice of going it alone or living under another right-wing Tory government after Brexit, a new poll has revealed.

The extensive dailyrecord.co.uk survey in association with Google also showed the prospect of a second independence referendum will be the biggest influence on 47 per cent of the electorate when it comes to casting their vote on June 8 while Brexit will determine the decision of 37 per cent.

There were a lot of mixed messages in the polling data with politics in Scotland in a state of flux in the wake of the Brexit vote and the SNP's push for IndyRef2.

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At the last general election in 2015 the SNP picked up an incredible 50 per cent of the vote but that now looks like a high-water mark for Nicola Sturgeon's party.

The expected Brexit bounce for the SNP has failed to materialise and voters don't appear to have the appetite for another referendum in the short term.

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Fifty three per cent of those asked say they won't be switching their vote from 2015.

That general election resulted in a seismic shift in Scottish politics as the SNP took 56 out of 59 seats to leave Labour, the Tories and the Lib Dems with just one seat each.

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But with 47 per cent of those asked ready to switch to other parties it look like the political landscape may shift again in June with the Tories confident of a revival in Scotland.

Theresa May headed to Scotland on Saturday as the Conservatives ramped up their campaign north of the border with the Prime Minister vowing to take on the "extremists and the separatists".

Party strategists have firmly positioned the Tories as the last bastion of Britishness in Scotland and aim to act as a magnet for the Unionist vote.

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The party is confident they can win over disaffected Labour voters, who fear a second referendum.

The Tories are looking to snatch around a dozen seats from the SNP and then present this as proof that there is no clear mandate for IndyRef2.

The polling evidence suggest the plan is working and the likely voting intentions from our survey will make pleasing reading for Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson.

Her party is on course to claim 25 per cent of the vote, which is whopping 10 per cent more than they gained in 2015.

The Tories look on course to establish a real foothold in Scotland again for the first time since their MPs were wiped off the electoral map in 1997.

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While the Tories are on the up, the SNP are down from their 2015 high with 39 per cent now certain to vote for Sturgeon's party.

Labour, meanwhile, are in a sorry state on 18 per cent. They have slumped again in the polls under Kezia Dugdale from what was a previous low of 24 per cent in 2015.

While this looks like good news for the Conservatives, their delight should be tempered by the fact 52 per cent of those asked say they would never vote for the toxic Tories in Scotland.

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The survey also highlights the generation gap with 48 per cent of over 65s planning to vote Conservative.

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At the other end of the scale 45 per sent of 18-24 year olds will be backing the SNP.

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But what should be most worrying for the Conservative strategists is that their expected electoral success in England will only serve to further polarise politics in Scotland in the longer term.

It now looks likely May will have a large majority and will form the most right-wing regime the UK has had since Margaret Thatcher was in her Prime Ministerial pomp.

A hard-Brexit under a hard-right Tory government will inevitably further fuel the desire for independence among a huge swathe of voters in Scotland and the survey results shows this.

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When presented with a stark choice, a clear majority would opt for independence rather than be forced to endure living under a rampant right-wing Conservative regime.

The Tories may well stave off IndyRef2 in the short term and congratulate themselves on a job well done but their success could come at a costly long-term price to the Union they say they want to preserve.

Just as Thatcher sowed the seeds of discontent that eventually led to the return of a parliament in Edinburgh, May and her gang of right-wing Brexiteers look destined to tip Scotland decisively towards going the whole hog at Holyrood.

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