Sentences with phrase «scottish referendum campaign»

Both sides in the Scottish referendum campaign have held rallies as they make their final efforts to win over undecided voters.

t could well boost their party's organizational potential, as the Scottish referendum campaign so clearly did for the SNP.

As the Scottish referendum campaign moves into the final three months the pro Union parties have emphasised their commitment to more devolution should Scotland choose to remain in the Union.

From the Scottish referendum campaign through to the Douglas Alexander general election strategy they have consistently misjudged the mood outside of the Westminster bubble.

The Scottish referendum campaign frightened the party in ways that nobody here dares to admit.

Whether this is down to the sheer amount of energy expended on the Scottish referendum campaign, or Labour's subsequent attempts to tackle (or sidestep) the new problem of lurking EVEL («English Votes for English Laws»), barnstorming rhetoric has so far been thin on the ground in Manchester.

Surely the Labour leader hadn't taken the phrase «Better Together» from the Scottish referendum campaign, and just lost the first word?

In the former case, this anomaly is reinforced by there being three obvious alternative debaters who are also SNP Prospective Parliamentary Candidates this May: the party's deputy leader Stewart Hosie MP, its Westminster leader Angus Robertson MP — and Alex Salmond, the former first minister at Holyrood, who has fresh experience of televised debates during the Scottish referendum campaign.

This year's Scottish referendum campaign then saw his resurrection as possibly the most effective defender of the union.

In response to Amber Elliott's post wondering who will lead the pro-unionist camp in the Scottish referendum campaign, Ralph Baldwin comments: «There is a way to outflank Salmond and take control of this whole mess.

I do not envisage the conversation as an anodyne exercise in collective self - congratulation, but as a UK - wide equivalent and successor to the astonishingly profound and vigorous national conversation that took place during the Scottish referendum campaign in September 2014 — and, for that matter, to the searching, decades - long nineteenth - century conversation about the «Condition of England Question'that I describe in chapter two.

Alex Salmond has been hit by a triple - whammy of bad news in the Scottish referendum campaign, with serious questions being raised about North Sea oil, his plans for currency union and Scots» access to the BBC after independence.

Not exact matches

She's joined the Campaign for Scottish Home Rule which is urging «meaningful and sustainable home rule» in Scotland following the referendum.

The Scottish independence referendum campaign grew in passion and determination towards 18 September.

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As both sides of the Scottish independence campaign use the day before the referendum to push for votes, churches across the country will open their doors for prayers.

This, although it was not spelled out in the short text of the agreement, meant the Scottish government could set the date of the referendum (provided it took place before the end of 2014), extend the franchise to 16 - and -17-year-olds (a long - standing SNP, and indeed Liberal Democrat, pledge), decide the wording of the question (subject to Electoral Commission approval) and stipulate campaign financing (again, subject to EC oversight).

As the Scottish independence referendum campaign enters its final stages, both sides will still be hoping that they can persuade as many voters as possible that their side is right.

While many senior Labour politicians have realised that the Scottish independence referendum campaign had seriously harmful political ramifications for the Labour Party, I believe that they drew the wrong inference for why such harm occurred.

During the 2014 independence referendum campaign football was again mooted as a way to foster support for the union with the Better Together cup floated as a stunt that would see Scottish and English legends play a high profile game.

All throughout this long, long Scottish independence referendum campaign, nothing has really succeeded in shutting up the incessant trolling of the «cybernats».

Alex Salmond goes into the last month of campaigning for the Scottish independence referendum with a spring in his step, after two polls show a boost in support for the «Yes» camp

Gap between the «yes» and «no» campaigns in the Scottish referendum narrows to seven points, amid signs of momentum in the independence camp

The referendum campaign greatly increased support for independence, which is highly correlated with SNP voting in the General Election, as well as further dividing the Scottish party system, which was already split by attitudes towards independence.

The party's current success comes against a backdrop of winning only 6 MPs in 2010, having as little popularity as the widely - loathed Scottish Conservatives as recently as 2013 and, in September of last year, leading a losing referendum campaign that forced a change in party leadership.

Furthermore, those who support the SNP identify far more strongly with the party now following the referendum than backers of other parties because September's nail - biting campaign only served to reinforce the belief that Scottish independence is a realistic possibility.

Perceptions of «Scottishness» and «Britishness» will prove critical as nationalists and unionists plan their looming Scottish independence referendum campaign.

In the Scottish independence referendum, the no campaign remains in the lead but the gap is narrowing.

Miliband campaigned in the Scottish independence referendum with the cross-party Better Together campaign, supporting Scotland's membership of the United Kingdom.

Ed Miliband will appeal to Scottish voters» desire for «social justice» in his biggest intervention yet in the independence referendum campaign.

Logic and argument have been left behind on the final day of campaigning in the Scottish independence referendum.

While a final decision on whether to renew Trident has been put off until 2016, the issue promises to resurface periodically between then and now — not least of all in next year's general election campaign and this year's referendum on Scottish independence.

The rows came as opinion polls showed support for Scottish independence continues to fall, ahead of a referendum campaign agreed by Salmond and David Cameron this week.

All the coolest celebrities support the «Yes» campaign in the Scottish independence referendum.

The «No» campaign could win by a landslide in the Scottish independence referendum next month, with a new poll giving it a 22 % lead

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.

The referendum campaign was the watershed moment for Scottish Labour.

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.

Leader of the Better Together campaign Alistair Darling said he did not believe the results of polls ahead of voting on the Scottish referendum.

The Electoral Commission found that the Better Together campaign had under - declared its Scottish independence referendum expenses by # 57,000, and issued a fine of # 2,000.

Speaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr Show about the Scottish referendum result, the Labour leader said there was a «real danger that the political class is learning the wrong lessons» from the campaign by focusing on constitutional issues.

Liberal Democrats played a key role drawing up the plans for a Scottish parliament and campaigning for a yes vote in the referendum fourteen years ago.

Westminster's leaders, facing a sudden and unexpected crisis in the Scottish independence referendum campaign, seem to have set out to prove their point.

Although not a Minister, Gordon Brown's speech in the Scottish referendum created a step change in passion in a campaign which had understandably been focussed on risk and negativity.

But the referendum could not have been avoided after the SNP defied all expectations and won a majority in the Scottish Parliament on a platform of a referendum and a campaign for independence.

Even back during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign, there were clear indications that Farage backed the creation of a devolved English parliament.

To be fair to Murphy, Scottish Labour's problems predated his time as leader and Labour's collapse has far more to do with what happened in the referendum campaign than anything that has taken place since he took over.

Labour for Independence, a small but energetic campaign set up for last year's Scottish referendum, has been fined # 1,500 by the Electoral Commission for failing to submit any accounts.

For the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence, the Scottish Labour Party joined with the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to form the pro-union Better Together campaign against Scottish independence.

While the pro-independence campaign gained only 45 % at the referendum in September, the Scottish National Party (SNP) has emerged from the long campaign in a formidable position.