KEZIA Dugdale’s decision to take time off from her “day job” at Holyrood to appear in a TV reality show was backed by just 28 per cent of Scots, according to a survey.
In a poll conducted by the Wings Over Scotland website, 36 per cent of respondents said Dugdale’s appearance on I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here was inappropriate under any circumstances.
Twenty-four per cent of the 1000 people questioned said it would only be acceptable if she donated her entire fee to charity.
Dugdale donated three weeks of her MSP salary for the time she was away but has not said what she intended to do with the appearance money.
Opinion among Labour voters is little different, with just 33 per cent backing Dugdale and with 58 per cent opposed.
The website is releasing the result of one question from the poll each day.
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