Nearly six out of 10 Scots think they do not have enough information to make an informed choice on independence, a poll has suggested. It comes as former Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on the Scottish National Party to “open the books” and hold public hearings in Holyrood and Westminster on the effects of leaving the UK. Overall, fewer than a third of poll respondents felt confident about knowing the effect of independence on issues including the English border, Scotland’s security arrangements, tax, currency, and EU membership. The survey was carried out on behalf of Our Scottish Future, a non-profit organisation set up by Brown in 2019 which says it stands for “middle Scotland”—in between “hardline nationalism” and “muscular unionism.” Some 1,000 Scots were questioned by Stack Data Strategy between May 7 and 8, with responses weighted to census figures on age, gender, education level, and recorded vote in the …