Sentences with phrase «after an independence vote»

At the moment only a blue - and - white billboard informs motorists and train passengers that they have passed from England into Scotland, and border checks will not be set up the day after an independence vote.

The stage is still set for change after the independence vote, not just in the Scotland, but the rest of the UK.

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LONDON — British financial group Standard Life said Thursday it is drawing contingency plans to move some of its operations out of Scotland in the event it votes for independence — a decision certain to stoke debate about the fate of business after the Sept. 18 ballot.

«Today, after welcoming its new directors Ursula Burns and John Thain, the Board voted unanimously to move forward with the proposed investment by SoftBank and with governance changes that would strengthen its independence and ensure equality among all shareholders,» the board said in a statement to TechCrunch.

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.

I really don't understand the seeming assumption by some reporters / analyst that is Catalonian independence is fully realized (there's still a long way to go after a positive vote) that this means Barca (and perhaps Espanyol & Girona) can not simply continue in La Liga or would want to leave.

Cuomo had endorsed or offered to support two Republicans in 2012 who had voted in favor of the measure: Sen. Stephen Saland, who lost a three - way race, and Sen. Roy McDonald, who had retained the Independence Party line after losing his primary, but ultimately declined to compete in the general election.

CNN referred to the referendum taking place 700 years after «William Wallace died for Scottish independence»; while the Washington Post said the vote «sets up the possibility that Washington's closest strategic ally could be torn asunder».

Scotland's Future sees a rapid move to independence after the vote.

The bill in question was proposed by Tory John Stevenson, and asked «that leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Representation of the People Act 1983 to disenfranchise all residents of Scotland eligible to vote in any United Kingdom General Election held after 18 September 2014 in the event of a positive vote in the Scottish Independence referendum; and for connected purposes.»

After the SNP gained control of the Scottish Parliament it was a matter of when, not if, a vote on independence would be held.

When Nicola Sturgeon succeeded him after losing the independence vote by a surprisingly close 45 % to 55 % in 2014, rumours immediately circulated that he would seek a return to the Commons.

One would think that after June's Brexit vote the salience of fantasy - fuelled political prospectuses might be on the wane, but the trouble is that if the SNP concedes that independence might make Scotland worse off, then its related pitch about fostering «social justice» becomes much harder to sell.

Her comments will come just hours after the semi-autonomous Scottish Parliament backed First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's call for a fresh independence vote in protest at Brexit.

Nikhil Venkatesh considers the fate of Scottish MPs after the next general election if Scotland votes for independence.

It's why Mr Rajoy called for calm in Spain, after the Catalan vote for independence.

Ever since David Cameron wrong - footed his opponents on the morning after the independence referendum by meshing it to the question of extending more powers to Scotland, the question of English votes for English laws has never been far away.

After a lengthy debate, that considered whether a Democratic Club should endorse an Independence Party candidate at all, the membership voted to make no endorsement with 19 votes.

Glasgow did vote for independence after all — a fact which should horrify Labour.

Since the morning after the first independence referendum three years ago, the thin - skinned tyrant of English nationalism has treated Scotland with nothing but contempt - English Votes for English Laws, hysterical Tory election posters demonising Scotland's largest party, voting for Brexit, ditching the single market against the express wishes of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, and generally behaving like an abusive husband who's hidden the new PIN for the joint bank account.

At present they are probably voting Labour because they oppose independence, but will that still hold good when politics returns to normal after the referendum?

Bloomberg's Independence USA PAC put $ 6 million in ads behind Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey for his leadership on gun control legislation after the Newtown shooting and punished New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte for voting against it with $ 8.5 million in ads backing her opponent, Gov. Maggie Hassan — while Bloomberg donated another $ 1 million to Planned Parenthood Votes to further boost Hassan.

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.

The main parties have all pledged to examine the pattern of devolution across the UK after Scotland voted no to independence in the referendum.

After Scots voted against independence, Mr Salmond announced he will be stepping down from the position of both SNP leader and First Minister.

A City Council hopeful who came within a couple hundred votes of scoring an upset against Chinatown Councilwoman Margaret Chin is gunning for a rematch after unexpectedly winning the Independence Party line.

Scottish independence on a knife edge: Yes vote closes gap to 6 points after surge in support for breaking up the UK 2 September 2014

I remain intrigued by the prospect of Alex Salmond and dozens of MPs holding the balance of power at Westminster post-election; it will be little more than the main parties deserve after the contemptuous way they treated those inclined to vote yes in the independence referendum.

A Senate committee voted along party lines to send the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions as U.S. attorney general to the full Senate floor, after a contentious hearing in which Democrats questioned the Alabama Republican's ability to show independence from the White House.

The UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has told delegates at their annual conference that the party «is going after they call the «blue collar» vote.

But a YouGov opinion poll published this week showing increasing numbers of Scots think they would be better off after independence and the future of the NHS would be brighter if they vote Yes.

With 99 absentee ballots sitting in the hopper on the day after the 2017 election, and more potentially to come in before they get opened beginning Wednesday, November 15, only two votes separated Hurley town supervisor candidates Republican / Conservative / Independence party choice John Perry (1104) and Democrat / Green / Working Families hopeful Tracy Kellogg (1102).

Scotland's Remain vote has of course put independence back on the table, less than two years after 55 % of voters chose the union on a high turnout of 85 %.

The UK Independence Party claims «the valleys are ours for the taking» after increasing its share of the vote in much of south Wales in the European elections.

«The NRCC applauds John Katko's independence and his steadfast commitment to the people of his district,» NRCC spokesman Chris Martin said after the vote.

Not long after Reed's conference call ended, Senate leaders moved to delay a vote until after the Independence Day holiday.

The challenges for Sturgeon and her strategy of staging an independence vote before the UK signs its Brexit deal increased further after the Nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, confirmed Scotland could only apply to join the defence alliance after it had legally split from the UK.

[23] After the UK Government had nevertheless chosen to invoke Article 50, the Scottish Government was formally authorised by the Parliament by a vote of 69 to 59 to seek to hold a second Scottish independence referendum.

The UK Independence Party has claimed «the valleys are ours for the taking» after increasing its share of the vote in much of south Wales in the European elections.

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.

Ruth Davidson spoke out after a poll suggests support for independence in Scotland is lower than when the last vote took place.

Ed Miliband said the Team Scotland of Labour politicians «helped save our country» in the Scottish independence vote, after «our country nearly broke up».

The UK Independence Party is celebrating a victory in the Rochester and Strood by - election after Mark Reckless became the party's second MP, having triggered the vote by defecting from the Conservatives.

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond says he intends to stand down, after losing the independence vote.

The cross-party Smith commission was set up after Scotland voted no to independence in the referendum in September, to agree on further powers offered by the Westminster parties in advance of the vote.

Sturgeon announced that she was instructing Scottish government officials to draft fresh referendum legislation for Holyrood, only two years after her party lost the first independence vote in 2014, to ensure it could be held quickly if enough Scottish voters backed it.

Former Congressman Michael Grimm, a Republican who resigned in January after pleading guilty to a federal tax evasion charge, won three elections with the help of votes on the Independence line.

Farage stepped down as the leader of the UK Independence Party, known as UKIP, days after Britain officially voted to leave the EU.