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Tag: Nicola Sturgeon

  • Wednesday, March 15th 2017 - 07:26 UTC

    Scottish support for independence at its highest, but EU popularity has fallen

    The survey showed a higher level of support for independence than at any time since 1999 and double the level registered when the independence referendum

    Support for Scottish independence is at its highest-ever level, according to an academic study, but the Scottish Social Attitudes survey also suggested the popularity of the European Union has fallen. The researchers said this suggested focusing on EU membership may not be the best way to swing more voters towards independence.

  • Tuesday, March 14th 2017 - 06:36 UTC

    Scottish government plans second independence referendum in 2018/19

    The Scottish first minister said the move was needed to protect Scottish interests in the wake of the UK voting to leave the EU.

    Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed she will ask for permission to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence, and the vote would be held between the autumn of 2018 and the spring of the following year. That would coincide with the expected conclusion of the UK's Brexit negotiations.

  • Wednesday, February 8th 2017 - 10:49 UTC

    Scottish Parliament opposes UK government starting the Brexit process

    Ms Sturgeon predicted the vote would be one of the most significant in the Scottish Parliament since devolution.

    The Scottish Parliament has voted by 90 to 34 to oppose the UK government starting the Brexit process. The Supreme Court ruled last month that there was no legal need for Holyrood to give its consent to the triggering of Article 50, but First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would let MSPs have a say, despite it being largely symbolic.

  • Wednesday, January 18th 2017 - 10:20 UTC

    Scotland “undoubtedly” closer to an independence referendum

    Ms Sturgeon, in a BBC interview, agreed that another vote on independence was “all but inevitable”.

    First minister Nicola Sturgeon said that plans to take the UK out of the EU's single market brought a second Scottish independence referendum “undoubtedly” closer. She was speaking after Prime Minister Theresa May outlined her government's thinking on Brexit.

  • Monday, January 9th 2017 - 11:14 UTC

    Scotland links Brexit negotiations to a second independence referendum

    Ms Sturgeon has said she wants the UK to retain membership of the European single market, the so-called soft Brexit option.

    Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has warned Prime Minister Theresa May that she is not “bluffing” on the promise of a second independence referendum if Scotland is “driven off a hard Brexit cliff”. In an interview with BBC's Andrew Marr she felt the prime minister had “no plan” in terms of her strategy for the UK leaving the EU.

  • Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 09:57 UTC

    Scotland will apply to intervene against the UK government's Supreme Court appeal on Brexit

    “Let me be clear -- I recognize and respect the right of England and Wales to leave the EU. This is not an attempt to veto that process,” Sturgeon told reporters.

    Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced that her semi-autonomous government will apply to the UK Supreme Court to intervene against the UK Government case, in a bid to secure a vote not just for the House of Commons but for the Scottish parliament.

  • Wednesday, October 26th 2016 - 10:57 UTC

    PM Theresa May and Scotland´s First Minister Sturgeon clash over Brexit

    “We had a very frank exchange of views. I don’t mind admitting large parts of the meeting were deeply frustrating,” Ms Sturgeon said

    British PM Theresa May and Scotland’s First Minister clashed at a Downing St Brexit summit dominated by a “very frank exchange of views”, Nicola Sturgeon revealed. Ms Sturgeon branded a warning from Number 10 that the devolved administrations must not try to undermine the UK’s negotiating position as “nonsense” as she labelled the talks between the PM and the leaders of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, as “deeply frustrating”.

  • Monday, October 17th 2016 - 10:04 UTC

    The Sunday Times reveals unpublished Boris Johnson's pro-Remain column

    In the pro-Remain column Boris Johnson warned that Brexit could lead to an economic shock, Scottish independence and Russian aggression.

    Current Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said the UK remaining in the EU would be a “boon for the world and for Europe”, a previously unpublished newspaper column reveals. He wrote the column in February, along with a pro-Brexit article that was later published in The Telegraph. Boris Johnson subsequently became a leading figure in the campaign to leave the European Union.

  • Saturday, October 15th 2016 - 10:20 UTC

    Gibraltar takes its “Brexit” concerns to the Scotland's ruling party conference

    Deputy Chief Minister Joseph Garcia next to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during the SNP conference in Glasgow

    Gibraltar Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Joseph Garcia has said it should be possible for different parts of the British family of nations to enjoy varying degrees of participation with the European Union in the future. Dr. Garcia was speaking in Glasgow during the Scottish National Party conference, in the presence of Scotland’s Minister for Europe and International Development Dr. Alisdair Allan MSP.

  • Thursday, October 13th 2016 - 09:41 UTC

    Gibraltar attends SNP conference in Glasgow: shares Brexit concerns

    Gibraltar Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Garcia will take the opportunity to discuss the on-going political situation in relation to “Brexit” in one-to-one meetings

    Gibraltar's Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia is in Scotland to attend the conference of the Scottish National Party (SNP). The event opened in Glasgow on Wednesday and this is the first time that Gibraltar will have an exhibition stand. It is also the first time that the Gibraltar Government will host an official reception.