Tony Blair has said Scotland will vote to leave the UK if the UK leaves the EU.

The former PM issued the warning during an interview on French radio.

He said he was “very worried” about the forthcoming EU referendum and added: “There’s a little-mentioned aspect, which is that, in my opinion, if the UK votes to leave Europe, Scotland will vote to leave the UK.”

The polls suggest Scots will vote strongly to stay in the EU.

However, pollsters have found a small majority for leaving the EU among voters in England.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said it would be a “democratic outrage” if Scotland were removed from the EU against its will and warned that, under those circumstances, support for independence could become unstoppable.

SNP MSP Christian Allard said: “Tony Blair is the latest Labour figure to raise doubts over the EU referendum’s impact on Scotland – with leader of the Labour In campaign Alan Johnson previously saying that if Scotland is forced to leave the EU against its will it would cause a ‘constitutional crisis’.”