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Scotland, Third World Debt ranks high as an election issue Tony Blair is on course to secure a decisive victory in the General Election and hold all 56 Scottish seats won in his 1997 landslide, according to The Scotsman/ICM poll published today. However, the emergence of so-called new politics issues shows how the current campaign, focusing on tax, the economy and Europe, is not chiming with the views of ordinary voters. Intriguingly, Third World debt is a more important issue than Europe for voters, with GM food and genetic cloning recording small but significant support as well. In a major wake-up call for the main parties, the ICM poll also shows that the environment is a much more important issue to voters than tax and the economy. Four out of ten Scots believe the state of the environment is such a crucial issue that it will influence the way they vote while another 31 per cent believe the plight of the countryside is of vital importance. To see the full article, go to http://www.scotsman.com |
