Sentences with phrase «independence referendum result»

Newsnight's Kirsty Wark speaks to Sir Tam Dalyell about the significance of the West Lothian question in light of the Scottish independence referendum result.

Eight thousand more people think there ought to be a recount of the Scottish independence referendum result.

Not exact matches

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.

With Brexit chaos likely last month and all but inevitable after the election it's not really controversial to say that an independence referendum would result in uncertainty squared.

This is a red line or, as the SNP likes to put it, would be the «material change of circumstance» that Sturgeon and Salmond believe should result in that second independence referendum.

What consequences have resulted in the past for parties (or other political movements) which promote independence referenda, but go on to lose them?

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?

Yet May has ruled out the possibility of a second independence referendum, arguing the previous result was «a very clear message» that Scotland wanted to remain in the UK.

Since the Brexit result she's repeatedly described a second independence referendum as «highly likely», which has not unreasonably created the expectation that another plebiscite is, well, highly likely.

In the wake of the Brexit result the SNP called for a second independence referendum.

The results of polling to date show that a referendum on «independence - lite» or «devo - max» would be more likely to succeed than a vote that would overturn the last 300 years of constitutional unity in its entirety, and which would create a completely separate state akin to the Republic of Ireland.

Throughout the election campaign, the First Minister has painted a scenario where the result of June's EU referendum might open the door to a second independence referendum.

Following the 2011 elections to the Scottish Parliament, and the resulting SNP majority, the Scottish Government announced its intent to hold an independence referendum in 2014.

The dramatic fall in support is likely to be a result of the debate around a consultation on a referendum on Scottish independence.

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.

Back in 2014 Sky News filmed him telling Mike Bloomberg, the former Mayor of New York, the Queen «purred down the line» when he phoned her to let her know the result of the Scottish independence Referendum.

The drumbeat of war for a second Scottish independence referendum, largely the result of May's refusal to consider Scottish pleas to stay in the single market, grew deafening.

Is another Scottish independence referendum the likely result of the general election?

Now it is still not clear if the Catalan government declared independence based on this referendum result, but before anything is clear many companies had already left Catalonia under this uncertainty.

There was a referendum that the Catalan government accepts but the Spanish one doesn't and the result was a «Yes» for independence.

He also called Alex Salmond's bluff, rescuing the Union with a Scottish referendum that resulted in a resounding 70 - 30 vote against independence.

However, whereas the previous effects of the West Lothian Question remained either theoretical or obscure, the outcome of the 2015 general election is likely to result in four circumstances that will maximise West Lothian's practical effects and visibility and are all consequences of 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.

Shortly after the referendum result, Nicola Sturgeon announced plans to hold a second independence referendum, which a poll at the weekend suggests she would now win.

The BBC's deputy political editor, James Landale explains how the result of the Scottish independence referendum may affect Britain's constitution.

Nicola Sturgeon says she is «deeply disappointed» by the result of the independence referendum after the BBC forecast a No vote.

Deputy leader of the SNP Nicola Sturgeon has said she is «deeply disappointed» by the result of the independence referendum after the BBC forecast a No vote.

Speaking at a party in Westminster, the Ukip leader, Nigel Farage, declared Friday the UK's «independence day», and said the referendum result was a «victory for real people, a victory for ordinary people, a victory for decent people».

The Generalitat has pledged to declare independence unilaterally within 2 days of a positive referendum result, and irrespective of the turnout.

Whatever the result this week, the EU Referendum has stirred a cauldron of lawyers» concerns — not least the issue of a post-Brexit bid for independence by Scotland.