Sentences with phrase «independence referendum next»

The Scottish National Party is «perfectly happy» with their campaign to encourage people to vote «yes» ahead of the independence referendum next year.

Labour dramatically overturned the Scottish National party's (SNP) majority in the Dunfermline by - election last night, in a move which casts further doubt on Alex Salmond's ability to win the Scottish independence referendum next year.

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

One way or another, Scotland will make history when it goes to the polls in the independence referendum next month.

Not exact matches

LONDON — Two of the biggest investors in Scotland on Wednesday warned of the consequences of a «Yes» vote for independence there amid opinion polls showing next week's referendum has become too close to call.

But, aware that the prospect of a second referendum plays badly with even moderate «Yes» voters, the SNP will spend the next six weeks playing down the independence dimension while the Tories place it at the centre of their campaign, an attempt to turn the general election into a referendum on a referendum.

As Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced to the SNP conference that a bill for a second independence referendum would be published for consultation next week, the audience erupted.

Having committed to it in the last manifesto, Scotland's SNP government will almost certainly have to host another independence referendum over the next two years.

The 24th of March 2016 could be Scotland's Independence Day if Scots vote «Yes» in next September's referendum.

Regardless of the tactics, unionists of every party shade will urge Cameron to adopt a strategy of starting to fight the next independence referendum now.

«So I can confirm today that the Independence Referendum Bill will be published for consultation next week.»

It is Cameron's style that he puts off difficult decisions until they come to a high - stakes reckoning — that was how it was in 2014 with the independence referendum and that is how it will be next year, too.

As Figure 3 shows, SNP voters are highly likely to believe that there will be another independence referendum in the next 10 years.

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.

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.

This weekend we've learned he doesn't want Scotland to divorce the rest of the UK in next month's independence referendum.

In his victory speech last night, the SNP leader promised to bring forward a referendum on Scottish independence during the course of the next parliament - a prospect that will worry Westminster.

Yes what a triumph it will be for the National Union of Journalists in particular the over 4000 of them that work for the BBC when Labour wins the next election and effectively turns whatever is left of the UK at that time (given the likelyhood of a referendum on independence for scotland before then) into a one party socialist state.

We are told that details of an agreement on the referendum for Scottish independence will be announced in the next few days.

So much so that Sturgeon announced back in October that she is teeing up a second referendum bill and amassing for a war chest for the next tilt at independence.

So, whilst all three unionist parties must honour Gordon Brown's pledge to deliver the «sharing of sovereignty» through a «federal state» within two years in order to forestall another independence referendum, Labour faces a massive task if it it is to recover its core support in the Westminster and Holyrood elections it faces in Scotland over the next two years.

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Instead he called for an unwieldy «constitutional convention'to consider changes in the wake of the historic independence referendum and which would not report back until the end of next year.

The UK government plans to publish a white paper on extending devolution later this month, in a bid to counter the Scottish government's plans for a referendum on independence next year, which are being unveiled on Monday 30 November, St Andrew's Day.

Cameron, who is expected to set out plans next month for a referendum on British membership of the EU, has received a blow as polling shows that such a move is unlikely to impress former Tory voters who are expressing support for the UK Independence party (Ukip).

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

Even then, however, the SNP seem likely to retain most of their Scottish seats which would be claimed as endorsement for a second independence referendum and opposition to a hard Brexit in the next parliament.