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Montevideo, November 22nd 2024 - 05:21 UTC

Tag: Scottish National Party

  • Thursday, May 27th 2021 - 08:25 UTC

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

    The Green Party will enter structured talks, supported by the civil service, with a view to reaching, if we can, a formal co-operation agreement, Sturgeon said

    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.

  • Friday, December 13th 2019 - 03:24 UTC

    Tory landslide win paves way for Brexit-exit polls

    “I hope you enjoy a celebration tonight,” PM Johnson said in an e-mail to Conservative Party members. (Pic EFE)

    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party seemed to be on its way to an astounding landslide victory in Thursday general election with would match the party's results from times of Baroness Margaret Thatcher in 1987 and Labour's historic low of 1935, according to exit polls.

  • Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 03:43 UTC

    Survey says PM Johnson's lead over Corbyn narrower for Thursday's polls

    Brexit seems to have become a popularity contest between Johnson and Corbyn

    British voters are set to make history in Thursday's general election where much more than who will become Prime Minister is at stake. It is, admittedly, about deciding who will govern for the next five years, but more than that, it is about whether the nation stays or leaves the European Union and everything it entails.

  • Wednesday, November 27th 2013 - 07:21 UTC

    Independent Scotland would keep the pound, the Queen and oil and gas reserves

    Scottish leader Alex Salmond unveiled on Tuesday what he called a “mission statement”

    Scottish leader Alex Salmond unveiled on Tuesday what he called a “mission statement” for the country’s future: a 649-page paper detailing many of the terms for an independent Scotland. The country’s first minister released his Scottish National Party’s so-called white paper ahead of a referendum on independence from the United Kingdom set for next September.