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Nicola Sturgeon: Labour has given the ‘proverbial two fingers’ to Scotland

Labour has “given the proverbial two fingers to Scotland” by failing to support a bid for independence, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The Scottish First Minister made the comment at a press conference at Bute House in Edinburgh on Thursday, where she ...

14 Jul 2022 at 17:04

Swinney reveals reservations about Sturgeon’s post-Brexit indyref strategy

John Swinney has revealed he had reservations about Nicola Sturgeon’s strategy of calling for a second independence referendum immediately after the Brexit vote. Mr Swinney said he was concerned about how the SNP could motivate the public for ...

08 Sept 2024 at 00:01

MPs reject bid to give Scottish Parliament power to hold votes on independence

A proposed law seeking to give the Scottish Parliament the power to hold independence referendums has been rejected by MPs. The Alba Party’s Neale Hanvey (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) was seeking to introduce the Scotland (Self-Determination) ...

16 Jan 2024 at 14:16

Salmond: Scotland will be independent within the next decade

Former first minister Alex Salmond has said every nation “deserves a second chance” as he predicted Scotland would be independent in the next decade. Speaking to the PA news agency on the 10th anniversary of the 2014 referendum, the man ...

18 Sept 2024 at 00:01

Scottish Government to launch proposal on citizenship in an independent Scotland

The Scottish Government is to publish policy proposals on who could become a Scottish citizen if the country becomes independent. The proposals will be published on Thursday and will highlight how non-Scots can qualify for citizenship. ...

23 Jul 2023 at 16:45

Scotland

Scottish independence and Brexit are different kinds of nationalisms – Curtice

The nationalism behind support for Scottish independence has a “rather different” concept of identity to the nationalism underpinning Brexit, research has found. Elections expert Professor Sir John Curtice and researcher Alex Scholes ...

03 Sept 2024 at 00:01

Boris Johnson faces Scottish independence referendum calls at final PMQs

Boris Johnson faced a barrage of calls from the SNP for a second Scottish independence referendum at his final Prime Minister’s Questions. SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford, meanwhile, claimed the people of Scotland will remember ...

20 Jul 2022 at 15:50

First-time voters aged 16 ‘more likely to build voting habit than those aged 18’

Youngsters who voted in local and Scottish Parliament elections for the first time aged 16 are more likely to retain the habit than older first-time voters, a study suggests. Those able to vote at age 16-17 in Scotland were more ...

16 Jan 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

No second Scottish independence referendum on my watch, says Liz Truss

Liz Truss has pledged that there will be no second Scottish independence referendum if she wins the Tory leadership contest. The Foreign Secretary told the Sunday Telegraph that she will refuse another vote if she becomes prime ...

31 Jul 2022 at 14:21

I was heartbroken by referendum result, but I’m optimistic for future – Swinney

John Swinney has said he was “heartbroken” by the referendum result in 2014 ahead of the 10-year anniversary, but is “very optimistic about Scotland’s future”. The vote took place on September 18 2014, with Scots voting by 55% ...

15 Sept 2024 at 00:01

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