First Scottish poll since the Holyrood election

We don't normally get much in the way of polling on Fridays (I like to consider it my night off!) but today we have Ipsos MORI's regular Scottish monitor. Voting intentions are as follows: Holyrood constituency: CON 13%, LAB 28%, LDEM 7%, SNP 49% Westminster: CON 15%, LAB 33%, LDEM 6%, SNP 42%

As far as I can tell from the tables Holyrood Regional voting intention wasn't asked. This is MORI's first Scottish poll since the Scottish Parliamentary election (I think it's the first Scottish voting intention poll since then from any company, but don't quote me on it!) and clearly suggests Alex Salmond and the SNP are enjoying something of a post-election honeymoon.

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