Tag: Nicola Sturgeon

• Thursday, November 24th 2022 - 13:07 UTC

  Scotland will not give up and targets a 'de facto independence referendum' next general election

  

  “A tough pill to swallow,” admitted Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Wednesday saying the Scottish National Party, SNP, respected the unanimous ruling of the UK Supreme Court that Scotland does not have the power to hold a referendum.

• Thursday, November 24th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  UK Supreme Court says no to “Scexit” referendum without Westminster's ok

  

  Britain's Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling confirming Scotland will not be able to hold a second independence referendum without the British government's approval.

• Monday, October 10th 2022 - 10:24 UTC

  Supreme Court to decide on a Scottish second independence referendum

  

  Crucial week for Scotland's intention of holding a second independence referendum, when the UK Supreme Court begins on Tuesday hearing arguments in the dispute with London

• Wednesday, June 29th 2022 - 09:16 UTC

  Scotland proposes a second independence referendum on 19 October 2023

  

  Scotland's first minister has proposed 19 October 2023 as the date for another referendum on independence. Nicola Sturgeon said the question would be the same as in the last referendum in 2014: “Should Scotland be an independent country?”.

• Monday, December 20th 2021 - 20:00 UTC

  Scotland considering posthumous pardon for executed witches

  

  The Scottish Government of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is considering the possibility of granting a posthumous pardon to some 300 people – mostly women – who were executed under the Witchcraft Act between 1563 and 1736.

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Greta Thunberg says COP26 leaders only “pretend” to care

  

  Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg said in the streets of Glasgow that “Leadership is out here, not inside COP26.”

• Friday, June 18th 2021 - 06:42 UTC

  Scotland calls for UK/Australia trade deal to be ratified by Westminster and Holyrood

  

  Scotland's First Minister has raised concerns about the impact of the UK/Australia trade deal announced this week on Scottish farmers and called for the agreement to be ratified by Westminster and Holyrood, according to the Edinburgh media.

• Thursday, May 27th 2021 - 08:25 UTC

  Scottish leader working for a coalition to re launch a pro independence referendum

  

  Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon insists on working on forming a pro-independence majority and is holding talks with the Green Party for a coalition. Sturgeon, the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), said she had held discussions with the Greens, who have promised to support a second independence referendum, at her official residence earlier this week.

• Sunday, May 9th 2021 - 09:31 UTC

  SNP falls one seat short of full majority but with help from the Greens 2nd Scottish Independence referendum seems inevitable post covid-19

  

  First Minister Nicola Surgeon's Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) has won Thursday's elections but was kept one seat from a parliamentary majority of its own after vote counting ended Saturday, it was reported.

• Wednesday, March 3rd 2021 - 08:18 UTC

  Scottish leaders' quarrel: Conservatives call for the resignation of First Minister Sturgeon

  

  Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, should resign, the main opposition party said on Tuesday amid a dispute involving her predecessor that threatens to damage the independence movement.