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Laura Ferguson

Nicola Sturgeon's coronavirus strategy backed by majority of Scots over Boris Johnson's

A new survey by BBC Scotland has looked into public attitudes towards leaders during the coronavirus crisis.

82% of respondents said they believed First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had coped with the pandemic 'fairly' or 'very well' overall.

However, the majority of participants said they believed Boris Johnson and other UK ministers had handled the pandemic either 'fairly' or 'badly'.

Overall, the poll suggested people believed the Scottish Government had handled the crisis better than the UK Government.

8% believed Ms Sturgeon had handled the outbreak 'fairly' or 'very' badly, giving her a net approval rating of +74. The Scottish government's score was +67.

Of those that took part, 30% said they believed the Prime Minister was managing the crisis 'fairly' or 'very well', while 55% believed he was managing it 'fairly' or 'very' badly. This is a net approval rating of -25. The UK Government's overall rating was -17.

The survey polled 1,006 adults and was conducted by Ipsos Mori between May 14 and 20.

70% of responders said they believed the UK had entered lockdown "too late" on 23 March.

Meanwhile, 77% said that easing restrictions "too quickly" would be "a bigger risk" than easing them too slowly in Scotland.

NHS Scotland was given a +90 approval rating for its handling of the crisis. Care homes were given a net score of +8, with 40% of participants believing they were responding 'well', while 32% believed they were being handled 'badly'.

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