respected the unanimous ruling of the UK Supreme Court that Scotland does not have the power to hold a referendum. Ms Sturgeon had wanted to hold a referendum on 19 October next year but the UK ...

Much of the decimation of Labour's position in Scotland in the wake of the 2014 independence referendum has seemingly now ...

Ten years after the independence referendum, Scotland cannot leave behind its “toxic legacy of division” until the “fanatical” SNP is removed from power, Douglas Ross has said. The ...

Ten years on from the referendum on independence and twenty-five years on from the creation of the Scottish Parliament, we seem to be engaged ...

This year is the tenth anniversary of the Scottish independence referendum, which whilst the motion for independence was defeated, set in train a groundswell in ...

A year later, he created a new party called Alba — the Scottish Gaelic word for Scotland — that made few inroads into Scottish politics and sought a new independence referendum come what may.

Salmond, who was a divisive figure in British politics and who as the then leader of the Scottish National Party took Scotland to the brink of independence in a 2014 referendum, died in the North ...

Mr Salmond used his mandate as first minister to hold a 2014 referendum on Scottish independence - resigning the day after the "Yes Scotland" campaign was defeated.

For the first time in modern history, Republicans will hold a majority of the seats on the Scotland County Board of ...

He was 69. Salmond, who was one of the most divisive figure in British politics at the turn of the century and who as the then leader of the Scottish National Party took Scotland to the brink of ...

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