Sentences with phrase «favour of independence»

The move is being seen as an attempt by both leaders to reach out to female voters, who polls have shown to be in favour of independence for the most part.

The vote returned an overwhelming result in favour of independence but turnout was low.

Moreover, the legitimizing arguments in favour of independence add further avenues associated with theories of just - cause secession.

Esquerra Republicana is a Catalan political left - wing party defined as social democratic, in favour of the independence of the Catalan Countries, including Catalonia, Valencia, and Balearic and Pityusic Islands.

It is among at least 4,000 signatories of the National Agreement on the Right to Decide and the Referendum Agreement, a group comprising of political parties and civil society organisations in favour of the independence vote.

Since the October 1 vote, in which Catalonians voted overwhelmingly in favour of independence, there has been a protracted standoff between the Spanish and Catalonian government.

A recent poll found that 41 % of Catalonians were in favour of independence.

If it's in favour of independence, those expressions of hopeful reconciliation will harden to ones of shocked determination.

Those in favour of independence had been in the minority throughout the 20th century.

According to the most recent YouGov poll, for example, nearly one in four of those who currently say they would vote Labour also say that they would vote in favour of independence.

The UK Government stated that, if a simple majority of the votes cast were in favour of independence, then «Scotland would become an independent country after a process of negotiations».

A majority vote in favour of independence would not result in the immediate break - up of the UK (though the Scottish National Party have recently called for full Scottish separation by March 2016 if independence is endorsed at the ballot box).

One blogger penned an entire open letter to Bowie packaging an argument in favour of independence in song titles from the star's back catalogue.

However, the Newsnight poll suggests only 32 per cent of Scots are in favour of independence, along with 16 per cent of English and 19 per cent of Welsh.

Prime Minister David Cameron says he would be «heartbroken» if Scotland votes in favour of independence in next week's referendum.

SNP supporters divide 90 - 10 % in favour of independence; Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat supporters divide 90 - 10 % against independence.

David J. Black asks what will happen to British collections if Scotland votes in favour of independence.

Organized annually by the Samir Kassir Foundation, created in tribute to the journalist assassinated in 2005 for his writing in favour of independence, civil action, and freedom.

While the SCC concluded that unilateral secession was not possible, it also held that should a referendum decide in favour of independence, the rest of Canada would have to negotiate the terms under which Québec would gain independence.