Sentences with phrase «independence referendum from»

This role saw her advise the Parliament up to, through and beyond the 2014 Independence Referendum from an independent legal perspective.

Spanish government moves to squelch Catalan vote Spanish authorities are moving to prevent an independence referendum from taking place in the Catalonia region on Sunday, 1 October.

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Likewise, he points out, «Twitter sentiment nearly unanimously supported Scotland's independence from the United Kingdom during a 2014 referendum.»

Catalonian lawmakers have officially agreed to hold an independence referendum that could separate the region, which includes Barcelona, from the rest of Spain.

Apart from railing against corruption, austerity, and institutional inertia (as Ciudadanos does), Podemos backs a referendum on independence in Catalonia.

Throw in a «highly likely» second [1] referendum on Scottish independence from the UK and a possible Irish reunification (or a second Troubles), and suddenly the UK looks as though it may implode before it even secedes.

Wittner pointed to «big product draws» due to the fallout from recent US Gulf Coast hurricanes helped push oil prices toward that high this week, along with potential geopolitical risk from Monday's Kurdish independence referendum in Iraq.

The deal is expected to lead to some job cuts and is likely to face tough questions from politicians in Scotland where there is increasing pressure for a second independence referendum after Britain's vote to leave the European Union.

The leading non-US benchmark for oil prices reached its highest level for more than two years, as Turkey threatened to disrupt supplies from Kurdish oilfields in northern Iraq in response to the autonomous Kurdish region's referendum on independence.

Though turnout in the referendum was only around 40 %, voters overwhelmingly favored independence, and it was unclear to what extent the tough response from the Spanish authorities may have galvanized additional support for a breakaway.

Scottish leader floats notion of second independence vote Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon says late 2018 could be the best time for a second referendum on independence from the United Kingdom.

The former commodities trader was instrumental in the campaign to leave the European Union (EU), and following the referendum's passage, Farage invoked the 1996 sci - fi action film «Independence Day» by declaring June 23 «our independence day» from failed socialist rules, regulations and immigratiIndependence Day» by declaring June 23 «our independence day» from failed socialist rules, regulations and immigratiindependence day» from failed socialist rules, regulations and immigration policies.

How European markets might react to the possibility of «Brexit,» which is shorthand for «British exit from the European Union,» both in the run - up to the UK election and its aftermath, remains unclear, although given that UK assets suffered as the result of the referendum on Scottish independence became less predictable such volatility could conceivably reoccur.

Barcelona centre - back Gerard Pique insists that he could step down from the Spain national side if his support for the Catalonia's independence referendum is deemed an issue.

Toughened rules on prison lifestyle, immigration changes and even movement from David Cameron on the EU independence referendum could all help mitigate the damage from the Ukip surge.

From this role, Salmond is convinced he can help the SNP force the second independence referendum the party so desperately craves.

If vote intentions in the referendum aren't a result of objective evaluations of the pros and cons of Scottish independence, where do these opinions come from?

In her speech in Glasgow, Sturgeon said publication of a referendum bill was designed to give Scots the opportunity to vote on independence before the UK departs from the EU.

Even if a referendum was called, support for independence remains a minority position, with just 46 % backing exit from the UK.

In this interview, Jim Gallagher discusses the political and constitutional issues arising from the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum.

«Looking at least from a top - down view, the state of play in Scotland remains bleak for Labour with the SNP's surge remaining firm since Survation's polling indicated crossover for the parties some months before the independence referendum,» chief executive Damian Lyons Lowe says.

Dugdale's proposal aims to save the union from what she sees as a UK Tory government and Scottish SNP government both intent on pulling it apart — albeit even some notable Labour figures such as former first minister Henry McLeish have said they would back a Yes vote in a second Scottish independence referendum.

With a referendum on Scottish independence set to take place in Scotland on 18 September 2014, the British state's survival is far from certain.

The political shifts which destroyed Scottish Labour were clear to everybody apart from the party's figureheads, who remained oblivious to the changing landscape post last year's independence referendum.

Watch voters from outside of Scotland's big cities, give their take on the independence referendum.

Please click on one of the links below to view content from some of our highly successful special series, which includes articles on the 2015 UK election, the Scottish independence referendum, and the Greater Charter Convention.

But this time there is at least one thing that is different from those campaigns of the 1990s, and that is the referendum on Scottish independence in September, some eight months or so before the due date of the next UK general election.

Regular readers will be aware that recent polls from Ipsos MORI and TNS BMRB have suggested that there has been an increase in support for independence during the course of the summer — and that contrary to all previous polling since March a majority would now vote Yes in a second referendum.

In Scotland, a year on from the independence referendum, many radical Yes voters are considering whether they can be part of a Corbyn - led movement.

A darling of the Tory No Thanks brigade, who came to wider public prominence during the Independence Referendum, he is likely to become the «usual» single Tory elected from the Glasgow list.

The unionist cause got a boost from David Bowie at the Brit Awards last night, in the latest celebrity endorsement for the Scottish independence referendum's «no» campaign.

The Article 50 trigger comes a day after Scotland's parliament voted in favour of holding a fresh referendum on independence from Britain in a bid to hold on to EU ties.

A similar pattern has been evident from the Scottish independence referendum.

Not everyone who opposes a second independence referendum is prepared to «lend» their vote to Ruth Davidson just yet, and from that Kezia Dugdale has taken a degree of heart, as her party has from the result in Glasgow, where the SNP emerged as the largest party but not with overall control as it expected.

The simple answer is learn from the independence referendum campaign in Scotland.

Those voters switching from Labour at Westminster to SNP at Holyrood appear less opposed to Scottish independence than other Labour voters but it is difficult to see how Alex Salmond could possibly win a referendum anyway with opponents of independence outnumbering supporters by about 2 - to - 1.

Admittedly he was an afterthought for the role, only moving into the Cabinet once the resignation of David Laws saw Danny Alexander shifted from Scotland to the Treasury, but his time there has been impressive: Moore navigated the Scotland Act through Parliament and was doing a good job in ensuring the referendum on Scottish independence was being held on the government's terms.

The PQ originally adopted the idea of the referendum in the early 1970s to separate the question of independence from the election of a PQ government.

A statement by Penguin Random House added: «The book will provide critical insights into key relationships in Westminster, global conflicts, the coalition negotiations of 2010, as well as the referendums on Scottish Independence and Britain's exit from the EU — in each instance, offering vital lessons for the future.

During the 2014 independence referendum campaign, Sturgeon - as part of the nationalists» Yes Scotland group - told a story about a Scotland that would go its own way, where politicians would break from Westminster «austerity» and take decisions that reflected the peculiarly compassionate nature of the people (readers who had the misfortune to be born outside Scotland must remember that those of us who entered the world north of the border are special because we just are).

The Scottish independence referendum will see 16 - year - olds vote for the first time in the UK, as students from Northfield Academy in Aberdeen explain.

With the latest YouGov poll showing support for Scottish independence at only 30 %, Labour perhaps has little to worry about from the 2014 referendum.

There's a dual effect — she has been an extremely successful leader and there is also a legacy from the independence referendum.

Recent events resulting from the Scottish independence referendum — particularly the Prime Minister's plans to exclude Scottish MPs from voting in English domestic legislation — threaten to elevate our constitutional incoherence to hitherto unprecedented levels.

If the referendum yields a no, nothing will happen anyway, apart from the independence movement trying to find new ways to reach their goal, I guess.

Manafort was hired to promote an upcoming referendum on Kurdish independence from Iraq that the U.S. fears could destabilize the region.

Theresa May has prompted a tidal wave of anger from north of the border after rejecting Nicola Sturgeon's call for a second referendum on Scottish independence.

Following a bloody civil war, South Sudan declared independence from Sudan after a referendum, an independence which is widely recognised but which was followed by another civil war.

Politicians from across the political spectrum have come out in the days since Scotland's independence referendum in favour of a constitutional convention to determine the future shape of the UK.

Analysis of voting in independence referendum and latest polls suggest Westminster seats at risk from «yes alliance»