Tag: Nicola Sturgeon

• Monday, April 29th 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Sturgeon declares a “climate emergency” and insists with a second referendum on Scottish independence

  

  Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has declared a “climate emergency” in her speech to the SNP conference. The SNP leader told delegates in Edinburgh she was inspired after meeting young climate campaigners who had gone on strike from school.

• Thursday, April 25th 2019 - 08:17 UTC

  Second independence referendum by 2021 if Scotland is taken out of the EU, First Minister Sturgeon tells Holyrood

  

  Nicola Sturgeon has said she wants to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence by 2021 if the country is taken out of the EU. The first minister told Holyrood that she would introduce legislation soon to set the rules for another vote. But she indicated that she would need the agreement of the UK government before actually holding a referendum.

• Monday, March 25th 2019 - 08:30 UTC

  Scotland's First Minister predicts another independence referendum

  

  First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has predicted that another independence referendum will take place in Scotland. But she said it was reasonable for her to wait for clarity on Brexit before setting out a firm position.

• Sunday, March 24th 2019 - 06:11 UTC

  Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon joins the march and tells PM May “put it back to the people”

  

  First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has joined hundreds of thousands of people on a march in London to demand a second Brexit referendum. She spoke to crowds gathered at the end of a rally organizer of the “Put It To The People” campaign say more than a million people attended.

• Sunday, March 24th 2019 - 05:50 UTC

  London flooded by anti-Brexit protestors demanding a new referendum

  

  Anti-Brexit protesters flooded into central London by the hundreds of thousands on Saturday, demanding that Britain's Conservative-led government hold a new referendum on whether Britain should leave the European Union. The “People's Vote March” snaked from Park Lane and other locations to converge on the U.K. Parliament, where the fate of Brexit will be decided in the coming weeks.

• Saturday, March 23rd 2019 - 06:49 UTC

  Scotland First Minister leads Saturday march in London demanding a second Brexit referendum

  

  Politicians including First Minister Nicola Sturgeon are to join thousands of Scots on a march in London to demand a second Brexit referendum. Bus-loads of protesters travelled through the night from across Scotland for the People's Vote event.

• Thursday, January 24th 2019 - 06:00 UTC

  May/Sturgeon meeting confirm the divide between the two leaders over Brexit

  

  First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Prime Minister Theresa May have met for talks in London after clashing over a second Scottish independence vote. The Downing Street summit was part of what Mrs. May called an “enhanced role” for the Scottish government in Brexit.

• Wednesday, January 23rd 2019 - 07:28 UTC

  Sturgeon to London to meet Mrs. May; First Minister favors extension of Article 50

  

  Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is heading to London for Brexit talks with Prime Minister Theresa May. Mrs. May is attempting to build support for her withdrawal plan and is holding talks with opposition parties and the Scottish and Welsh governments.

• Wednesday, January 16th 2019 - 05:57 UTC

  PM May Brexit deal pulverized by Parliament; Corbyn tables a no confidence vote for this Wednesday

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal was rejected in Parliament by 230 votes - the largest defeat for a sitting government in history. MPs voted by 432 votes to 202 to reject the deal, which sets out the terms of Britain's exit from the EU on 29 March.

• Tuesday, January 8th 2019 - 08:42 UTC

  First Minister Sturgeon: Brexit has strengthened the case for Scottish independence

  

  Brexit has “materially strengthened” the case for Scottish independence, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The First Minister said Scotland’s interests are being “completely ignored and sidelined” and that what has happened in the last two years has reinforced the case for it to leave the UK.