Tag: Scotland independent

• Thursday, May 28th 2026 - 08:11 UTC

  Scotland wants a new independence referendum, despite Downing Street’s rejection

  

  The consequences of the disastrous results of the recent local elections in UK, both for the incumbent Labour and the Conservatives, not only have questioned PM Keir Starmer’s leadership but revived old challenges. And one of those is Scotland’s call for a second independence referendum.

• Thursday, March 16th 2023 - 07:22 UTC

  Next SNP leadership predicts an independent Scotland in five years time

  

  All three Scottish National Party leadership candidates have predicted that Scotland can be an independent country within five years if they win the contest. Ash Regan, Humza Yousaf, and Kate Forbes were speaking as they faced each other in a BBC Scotland TV debate.

• 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?”.

• 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.

• Sunday, August 18th 2019 - 10:19 UTC

  Thousands join Scotland pro independence march in Aberdeen City

  

  Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Aberdeen in a pro-independence march. The All Under One Banner (AUOB) event went ahead on Saturday after a wrangle about the costs involved in policing the event.

• Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 08:31 UTC

  A homage, ‘Keep calm and carry on’

  

  By Alex Salmond (*) - I do not know if Artur Mas, the president of Catalonia, deliberately chose the eclipse of the super-moon as the day on which to hold the most important election in Catalonia’s democratic history.

• Monday, November 3rd 2014 - 08:16 UTC

  In the aftermath of Scotland's referendum, worst possible news for Labor

  

  A majority of Scots would back independence if another referendum were held this Sunday, according to a public opinion poll, just six weeks after Scotland voted against leaving the United Kingdom.

• Wednesday, September 24th 2014 - 06:41 UTC

  It's unofficial, but the Queen 'purred' with happiness with the Scotland result

  

  Britain's monarch is famously above politics, but Prime Minister David Cameron was overheard saying Queen Elizabeth had “purred” with happiness when he phoned her to inform her Scotland had voted to reject independence.

• Monday, September 22nd 2014 - 04:30 UTC

  Scottish lessons for the Falklands

  

  By Fernando Petrella - The dispute over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands is unique. But Argentines can still draw lessons from the way Britain averted the prospect of Scottish independence.

• Saturday, September 20th 2014 - 07:05 UTC

  Samond resigns, but is convinced “Scotland can still emerge as the real winner.”

  

  Alex Salmond is to step down as Scottish first minister after voters rejected independence. He will also resign as leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), which he has led for a total of 20 years.