Greens overtake Lib Dems - Holyrood Poll

 The Scottish Greens are polling ahead of the Lib Dems for the first
time ever, according to the results of a YouGov opinion poll conducted
for the Scotsman newspaper.

Patrick Harvie, co-convenor of the Scottish Greens, said:

"At the heart of the Green campaign is a pledge to protect public
services through fairer taxation, and this election is becoming a
clear referendum on the unpopular cuts agenda being driven by the
Tories and the Lib Dems. From nuclear power and VAT hikes to tuition
fees and fair votes, the list of pledges broken by Tavish's party goes
on and on.

"Whoever becomes First Minister, the question is this: who should hold
the balance of power? There are only two choices - either it'll be one
of the Westminster coalition parties, or it'll be the Greens. Scots
have always trusted us on the environment, but increasingly we're
winning support for our positive proposals on the economy and on
public services."

Notes

1. The YouGov poll for the Scotsman newspaper was conducted between
25-28 March, among 1,025 Scottish adults.
Constituency voting intention (comparison with 2007 in brackets):
- SNP: 40% (+7.1%)
- Labour: 39% (+6.8%)
- Conservative: 11% (-5.6%)
- Lib Dem: 5% (-11.2%)
- Others: 5% (+2.9%)

Regional voting intention (comparison with 2007 in brackets):
- Labour: 39% (+9.8%)
- SNP: 32% (+1%)
- Conservative: 12% (-1.9%)
- Lib Dem: 5% (-5.3%)
- Green: 6% (+2%)
- Others: 6% (-4.6%)

Scotsman's seat prediction results
- Lab: 57 (+13)
- SNP: 48 (+1)
- Con: 13 (+4)
- Green: 6 (+4)
- Lib: 5 (-11)

James Mackenzie
Head of Media
Scottish Green Party
Mob: 07921 333 617
james.mackenzie@scottishgreens.org.ukGre