Sentences with phrase «scottish constitutional convention»

In the late 1980s and 1990s it and its representatives participated in the Scottish Constitutional Convention with the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Scottish Green Party, trades unions and churches, and also campaigned for a «Yes - Yes» vote in the 1997 referendum.

The only way to seize the initiative back from the SNP is to build on the Smith Commission through a new Scottish Constitutional Convention

March 1989 The Scottish Constitutional Convention (SCC) meets for the first time and sets out the key demand for a Scottish assembly or parliament with law - making powers.

This view of Westminster sovereignty was part of the superbly argued challenge that set the framework for the Scottish Constitutional Convention.

Given the similarity of their preferred options, the Scottish Liberal Democrats had co operated with the Scottish Labour Party in the Scottish Constitutional Convention to produce a blueprint for a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.

I appreciate it is an important issue for some, but more needs to be done If one contrasts the amount of civic campaigning activity and public support behind the Scottish Constitutional Convention in the early 1990s (building on a range of efforts over a longer period), then it is clear that there has been no campaign in England of similar.

Given that the new body was to be elected using proportional representation (the result of successful bargaining with Labour in the Scottish Constitutional Convention), it was unlikely that any single party would ever win an overall majority.

When the former Labour first minister Donald Dewar signed up for a Scottish constitutional convention in 1989, he said it had become necessary for Scots to live a little dangerously.

However, the story of the Scottish Constitutional Convention also tells us that such a process will take time, and can not be rushed or accomplished overnight.

But it's not impossible either — just think about the work of the Scottish Constitutional Convention back in the 1980 - 90s, the democratic thrust generated by the referendum, all the impossible that became the possible.

Not exact matches

It can only happy if one of them chooses the exit road of a constitutional convention, as Scottish Labour did in the 1980s.

This would come on the back of a constitutional convention for the UK to determine what form a new settlement should take, modelled on the deliberations in Scotland that culminated in the opening of the Scottish parliament in 1999.

In the wake of the Scottish referendum, the idea of a constitutional convention is gaining popularity.

When the Conservatives lost the 1997 Election, the New Labour government converted the Constitutional Convention's proposals into a White Paper and a referendum of the Scottish people was held on 11 September 1997.

Calling for a constitutional convention — hitherto Labour's response to the Scottish devolution result and demands for similar moves for England — is all very well, but it lacks urgency.

Would a Scottish Tory party have taken part in the Constitutional Convention?