In 2016, the people of Scotland voted overwhelmingly to stay in the EU. This vote was ignored by the British government. The Scottish government then came up with a compromise – recognizing that two UK countries had voted to stay, while two had voted to leave – whereby the UKRead More →
Press play to listen to this article EDINBURGH – The Scottish National Party may be a happier crew than in recent years, but they are no closer to independence. Armed with new lines – as well as some familiar arguments – aimed at convincing Scots of her vision for anRead More →
I have always hated the term “cultural cringe” because I thought it was inadequate to describe a Scottish state of mind. There is a tinge of inferiority and apology as most Scots take fierce pride in being Scots. It seemed to me to be a construction of the “talkative classes”.Read More →
By Lewis McKenzie and Bernard Ponsonby The future of Scotland is a question for the people of Scotland, said Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer. However, he insisted that for the duration of the current Scottish Parliament, the focus should be on recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. Sir Keir also dismissedRead More →
THE frontrunner in the race to become the leader of the second largest union in the UK has made it clear that a second independence referendum concerns people living in Scotland. Steve Turner is the left-wing favorite to succeed Len McCluskey as general secretary of Unite, which represents the interestsRead More →
Police Scotland have launched an investigation into the finances of the ruling Scottish National Party following allegations that it spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on a future independence referendum for other purposes. The allegations highlight tensions within the Scottish independence movement over what some supporters see as the failureRead More →
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited the leaders of the UK’s devolved nations to crisis talks over the union after the pro-independence Scottish National Party won its fourth successive parliamentary election. Key points: Mr Johnson congratulated Nicola Sturgeon on his party’s victory in the Scottish election He invited leaders fromRead More →
Edinburgh, Scotland The Scottish National Party (SNP) has won 61 seats so far and holds a clear lead as vote counting continues on Saturday. Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s independence party now needs four more seats to secure an absolute majority in the 129-seat parliament. She said on Friday that “aRead More →
Press play to listen to this article LONDON — It’s hard to believe now, but British politics hasn’t always been dominated by big constitutional issues. If the 2014 Scottish independence referendum brought these debates to the fore, Brexit sent them into the stratosphere. Now the two combine in the nextRead More →
title=”YouTube Video Player” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; write to clipboard; encrypted media; gyroscope; picture in picture” allowfullscreen> The election on Thursday May 6 will be the biggest in Scottish history. Scotland’s future is in your hands – but we can only build a stronger recovery and secure an independence referendum ifRead More →
Former Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has become the first Scottish National Party politician to defect to Alex Salmond’s new Alba party. The SNP called for a Westminster by-election in response and said his departure was ‘somewhat of a relief’ after Salmond launched his latest political project on Friday asRead More →
May 6, I ask the people of Scotland to trust me and an SNP government to lead our country through the pandemic and into recovery. Now is the time for experienced leaders and governments more than ever as we pursue our most important task: keeping Scotland safe. The other partiesRead More →
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s grip on power is weakening as a fierce three-year factional struggle in and around the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Scottish government comes to a head. An attempt by Sturgeon’s close allies against former Railway SNP leader and Sturgeon’s mentor Alex Salmond to be jailedRead More →
After dragging Scotland out of the EU against our will, Boris Johnson, enthusiastically aided by Scottish Tories, is now imposing a creeping Westminster takeover. 🚨 The Conservatives’ economic plans for Brexit in the UK have been exposed as a full-scale assault on devolution. 📣 Even the Welsh Labor First MinisterRead More →
A Tory minister said holding a new independence referendum would be ‘up to the Scottish people’ – despite the PM having indicated he would block it. In a new interview with The Sun, Boris Johnson said the Scottish government seeking an order under Article 30, allowing a referendum to beRead More →
A Conservative government minister has said it is up to the Scottish people whether or not to hold a second independence referendum, although Boris Johnson has said he will block such a move. Kwasi Kwarteng, the UK government’s business secretary, strayed into the constitutional minefield while answering questions about theRead More →
February 27, 2021 ALEX SAUMOND and his successor, Nicola Sturgeon, transformed the Scottish National Party from a fringe cause into a ruthless election winner that reduced the Scottish Labor Party to a rump and in a 2014 referendum came close to achieving its goal of smashing the UK. It canRead More →
LONDON — She was the legal mastermind who became one of the Scottish National Party’s most high-profile figures with her fight against Brexit, but the summary dismissal of Joanna Cherry this week laid bare her bitter internal divisions. Cherry was dropped as justice spokesman for the party’s Westminster frontbench teamRead More →
Ruth Davidson shuts down Nicola Sturgeon during fiery FMQs Last night Ms Sturgeon dashed Scotland’s Christmas hopes after urging Scots not to spend the night in other homes during the holiday season and only get together for one day, unlike the five days opening of England. It came as Scotland’sRead More →
Fifty-eight percent of Scottish voters decided in a new poll supported UK independence. The increase in support for Scottish independence comes during the coronavirus pandemic and as the UK nears the end of the Brexit transition period. Seventy-six percent of Scots in the poll were dissatisfied with Boris Johnson’s performanceRead More →
The Prime Minister’s refusal to hold a second independence referendum will not be “the end of the matter”, insisted Nicola Sturgeon – as she warned Boris Johnson: “Scotland cannot be imprisoned in the ‘Union against his will’. The Scottish Prime Minister argued that it would be a “perversion and subversionRead More →