Ipsos/Mori asked 1013 Scottish adults aged 18+ between August 16 and 19, 2010. The same company asked a similarly worded question of 1000 Scottish adults on August 20 to 31, 2009.

Question: On Friday, it will be one year since the Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill announced the release of the man convicted of the 1988 bombing of the Pan Am aeroplane over Lockerbie in which 270 people died. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the decision to release him?

Agree % 

2009 42

2010 36

Change -6

 

Disagree %

2009 46

2010 54

Change +8

 

2010 breakdown

Strongly disagree 45%

Tend to disagree 9%

Neither agree nor disagree 8%

Tend to agree 15%

Strongly agree 20%

* Figures are to the nearest percentage number.

2010 Political breakdown 

All  36% agree, 54% disagree (change in agree since 2009 - 6%)

SNP supporters 50% agree, 40% disagree (change in agree since 2009 -8%)

LibDem supporters 33% agree,  54% disagree (change in agree since 2009 - 8%)

Labour supporters 29% agree, 62% disagree (change in agree since 2009 -3%)

Conservative supporters 25% agree, 67% disagree (change in agree since 2009 -9%)