Tag: Scottish National Party (SNP)

• 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.

• Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 08:09 UTC

  Boris, the last Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - It has been suggested that Boris Johnson (who becomes the prime minister of the United Kingdom, UK) is what you would get if Donald Trump had been educated at Eton and Oxford. Maybe, although there is a great gulf between Trump’s bombastic self-promotion and Johnson’s self-deprecating, rather shambolic persona.

• 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.

• Monday, October 8th 2018 - 07:12 UTC

  SNP would back a new Brexit referendum, says party leader Nicola Sturgeon

  

  Scottish National Party members of parliament would back a new Brexit referendum if it were put to them, party leader Nicola Sturgeon has said. Campaigners have been pressing for a fresh vote on whatever exit plans result from talks with EU leaders. Ms Sturgeon said SNP MPs would oppose anything short of staying in the single market and customs union.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 14:38 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government Attends UK Party Political Conferences 2018

  

  The Falkland Islands Government is attending and exhibiting at both the Conservative and Labour Party conferences, to represent Falkland Islanders’ views and to thank delegates for their continued support. This includes both Gov-ernment and Opposition politicians, along with the wider general public.

• Monday, September 24th 2018 - 09:18 UTC

  Brexit: Labour conference expected to vote keeping “all options on the table”

  

  British Labour party members are to vote on keeping “all options on the table” on Brexit, including possibly campaigning for a new referendum at their conference. Party power brokers have agreed on the wording for Tuesday's motion on what the party should do about Brexit if it cannot get a general election.

• Wednesday, June 28th 2017 - 03:20 UTC

  Sturgeon puts independence referendum off until better days

  

  Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Tuesday admitted she needed to “reset” her referendum strategy and that she had abandoned her demands for a new independence referendum before the signing of the Brexit deal.

• Friday, June 9th 2017 - 08:20 UTC

  SNP still has a majority in Scotland after losing 21 seats; huge Tory upsurge

  

  The Scottish National Party´s, SNP, former leader Alex Salmond has lost his Gordon seat amid a Scottish Conservative surge. The Tories also defeated the SNP's deputy leader Angus Robertson as they won seats across the country. The SNP finished on 35 seats - a majority of the 59 Scottish constituencies but a drop of 21 from the 56 they won in 2015.

• Monday, May 8th 2017 - 05:15 UTC

  Tories advance in council elections forecasts a strong result for Theresa May on 8 June

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May said she was “taking nothing for granted” following her Conservative party's good showing in local election results reported on 5 May. The party gained control of 11 councils for a total of 28 and added 559 new councilors across England, Scotland and Wales.

• Thursday, March 16th 2017 - 05:37 UTC

  Scotland will be out of the EU either with UK or independent, PM May tells SNP leader

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May has claimed that Scotland will be leaving the European Union regardless of whether or not it votes for independence. Speaking during an exchange with the SNP's Angus Robertson, Theresa May also warned against “constitutional game-playing”.