Sentences with phrase «voted for independence»

The optimism comes because the people of Southern Sudan have peacefully voted for independence.

Overall Labour lost one third of its supporters to the SNP between early 2014 and the General Election (and nearly half since 2010), the vast majority of whom had voted for independence.

The SNP leader also alluded to the idea that Scotland would remain in the United Kingdom even if it voted for independence, raising the question of precisely the difference between independence and a devo - max alternative.

But we won't know how many more might have voted for independence if it wasn't for that speech.

It is trying to win back those for the most part relatively left - wing former supporters who voted for independence eighteen months ago and subsequently switched to the SNP.

Unlike the other colonies - the Phillipines and Cuba, Puerto Rico has never voted for independence.

The regional government says 90 % voted for independence in the «illegal» referendum which was violently repressed by police.

In late September, Iraq's Kurdish population voted for independence for three provinces of Iraqi Kurdistan, including the oil - rich Kirkuk.

Kurdistan voted for independence in a highly - anticipated referendum on Monday, a move that has led to a spike in tensions with Baghdad and its neighbors.

If Scotland votes for independence exactly two weeks from today, expect a revival in another part of the world that has had the occasional secession debate — Western Australia.

Standard Life draws contingency plans to move some business should Scots vote for independence

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.

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.

The CLC president said that the presence of peacekeepers in East Timor calls for a less extreme response but that the boycott should continue until Indonesia's military is out of the country and Indonesia acknowledges the East Timorese vote for independence.

In the meantime, they are still wondering why Scotland didn't vote for independence.

Given this variation in party fortunes, a particularly bad argument in the recent referendum campaign was that if you wanted to avoid Conservative government you should vote for independence.

Obviously, Scottish citizenship, as distinct from British citizenship, would be a result of a vote for independence.

What role this has played in shaping the current independence debate is hard to say, but it seems certain that the diaspora will continue to affect the social and economic development of Scotland, regardless of whether it chooses to vote for independence or to continue to be part of the United Kingdom.

Should Scots vote for independence, this will be the first case of secession from an EU member state.

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.

If the referendum is held in October 2014, and Scotland votes for independence, that presents a dilemma for the UK government and Westminster parliament.

«Our polling shows that significantly more Scottish people think the NHS would be worse under the union than if they vote for independence,» she says.

If — or, perhaps, when — Scotland finally votes for independence, it is likely to reassess its connection with royalty.

This could become more intense if, in the event of Scotland voting for independence, Scottish airports were able to benefit from lower airport passenger duties.

As the «Yes camp gained ground in the polls last week, Murdoch said a vote for independence would be a «huge black eye for whole political establishment» and then added: «Everything [is] up for grabs».

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

How much of the vote for independence is simply a vote for Scots to free themselves from the clinches of the Conservative party?

Just four of the 32 authorities found a majority voting for independence.

In May 2013, Fox described a vote for independence as a «significant defeat for the British state and its stranglehold over our economy, society, culture and politics», as well as an opportunity to» [repudiate] neo-liberalism, corporatism, the financialisation of our economy and existing class relations».

Reports are that Dundee, which had a turnout of 78.8 % (high but not crazy high), looks like it's going to go to vote for independence by around 60 %.

The second most popular reason to vote for independence among «Yes» voters was the NHS, reflecting claims in the later stage of the independence camapign that continued union would mean the end of a publicly owned NHS.

If Scotland was to vote for independence, what would be the impact on the rest of the United Kingdom in terms of what the composition of the House of Commons would look like in the absence of the 59 Scottish MPs?

He told Sky News» Murnaghan programme: «When you have a situation where the majority of a country up to the age of 55 is already voting for independence, I think the writing's on the wall for Westminster.»

An opinion poll by ICM last week suggested that 47 % of Scots would vote Yes if they could be assured that independence would make them richer by this amount, while only 18 % would vote for independence if they were made poorer.

He wrote on his blog last week: «Does that mean the betting markets are wrong and underestimating the true chance of a vote for independence and missing the real feeling on the ground?

Of course, it is insane for Scots to vote for independence on the basis of the current coalition government in Westminster or even the Labour government which preceeded it.

A YouGov survey in Scotland for the Sun found support for the union at 55 % and 35 % planning to vote for independence.

The prime minister has warned Scots there will no be going back if they vote for independence, and told the next Scottish government to focus on the issues that really matter to people.

Meanwhile, Standard Life has become the first major employer to say it might move its operations into England if Scotland votes for independence.

Labour are keen to frame a vote for the SNP as a vote for independence and are urging Scots not to risk the Union.

Tony Blair branded «absurd» the SNP leader Alex Salmond's claim that Scots could vote for independence in the SNP's planned referendum and then return to the UK if they then wished.

(Indeed, it is often overlooked that Labour actually increased its share of the vote in Scotland in 2010) warning about the potential threat to state pensions if Scotland votes for independence.

I could go on but as I live in Scotland I will be one of the hundreds of thousands of us up here who are fed up watching a party moving inexorably to the right to satisfy its south - east England focus groups; in a couple of years I will have a chance to cast a vote on the ultimate confidence motion and at the moment I am minded to vote for independence.

Ms Sturgeon said: «If you vote for the SNP you are not voting for independence you are not even voting for another independence referendum.

Scots will vote for independence when the referendum is held in two years» time, the country's Deputy First Minister is expected to say later.

The yes camp's ideological approach dates back to the campaign launch in May 2012, when it featured a range of Labour supporters explaining why they would vote for independence.

Quebec came close to voting for independence in the 1990s.

Salmond, he writes, will ask the Scottish people to vote for independence on the basis that he rather than David Cameron should take the big decisions for Scotland.

[101][102] Addressing the Shadow Cabinet of UK Labour leader Ed Miliband on 28 January 2014, Lamont warned that Scots could vote for independence if they believed Labour was unlikely to win the 2015 UK general election.