Sentences with phrase «referenda about independence»

The Canadian province of Quebec has held referenda about independence, so what can Scotland learn from them?

Only now, it is opportune to openly say it (especially after e.g. Scotland has had a referendum about independence).

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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.

Written on September 19th - the day after the «No» victory in the Scottish independence referendum - the initial elation was quickly giving way to concerns about the future.

The SNP's elder statesman talks to Mark Leftly about Brexit, boundary changes and why he believes there will be a second independence referendum before 2020.

As early as 2005, an unofficial independence referendum was held in Iraqi Kurdistan and 99 % of about 2 million votes supported a sovereign Iraqi Kurdistan.

BBC News is playing the clip of ITV's Robert Peston (it was a pooled interview) interviewing Theresa May about the Scottish independence referendum.

Those voters switching from Labour at Westminster to SNP at Holyrood appear less opposed to Scottish independence than other Labour voters but it is difficult to see how Alex Salmond could possibly win a referendum anyway with opponents of independence outnumbering supporters by about 2 - to - 1.

I'm talking to Matthew Shaddick, the man in charge of political betting for Ladbrokes, about the upcoming Scottish independence referendum.

The government has not adequately addressed concerns about the UK's national security strategy (NSS) ahead of the Scottish independence referendum, a parliamentary committee found today.

However the news today that the Cabinet is in talks about allowing a binding referendum on Scottish independence could completely change that.

Speaking a year after the independence referendum, the prime minister also hit out at those who «obsess about separation».

Given this gloomy scenario, new thinking is urgently required about how to secure a good majority in the June referendum, one that does not leave the bitter aftertaste and sense of betrayal which has occurred in Scotland since the 2014 referendum on independence.

In particular, there are slightly familiar warnings to those who watched the Scottish independence referendum about the threat of Brexit:

The SNP candidate has not yet completed her undergraduate degree in at the University of Glasgow and has courted controversy during her campaign, declaring that she had fantasised about «putting the nut» on Labour councillors and referring to No voters in the independence referendum as «gullible» and «selfish».

During the 2014 independence referendum campaign, Sturgeon - as part of the nationalists» Yes Scotland group - told a story about a Scotland that would go its own way, where politicians would break from Westminster «austerity» and take decisions that reflected the peculiarly compassionate nature of the people (readers who had the misfortune to be born outside Scotland must remember that those of us who entered the world north of the border are special because we just are).

The rise of UKIP and the passions aroused in the Scottish independence referendum means even veteran observers are in the dark about any likely outcome.

Scottish and Welsh nationalism have been increasing in popularity, and since the Scottish independence referendum, 2014 there has been a wider debate about the UK adopting a federal system with each of the four home nations having its own, equal devolved legislatures and law - making powers.

With the latest YouGov poll showing support for Scottish independence at only 30 %, Labour perhaps has little to worry about from the 2014 referendum.

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How should we talk about Scotland and the coming referendum on independence?

The scots independence referendum was about territorial sovereignty.

May said today: «When the SNP government say that it's the time to start talking about a second independence referendum, I say that just at this point, all our energies should be focused on our negotiations with the European Union about our future relationship...

Ahead of the Scottish independence referendum tomorrow, Welsh Liberal Democrat AM William Powell writes about the future for Wales...

Newsnight's Kirsty Wark speaks to Sir Tam Dalyell about the significance of the West Lothian question in light of the Scottish independence referendum result.

Scotland voted by a 10 % margin against independence, but the referendum returned «Yes» votes in some traditional Labour strongholds, particularly Glasgow and North Lanarkshire, prompting media speculation about Lamont's future as the party's leader.

Sturgeon said last week that the election was «not about independence or about another referendum».

That could push people into worrying about the uncertainty of Brexit and opting to remain, something that happened in 2014's Scottish independence referendum.