Scottish independence

The threat of a new Scottish independence referendum is creating unnecessary uncertainty and division, a British government spokesman said on Feb. 27, reiterating British Prime Minister Theresa May's view that there was no need for another vote on the issue.

As the firmly Democrat-voting state of California comes to terms with Donald Trump’s election victory, a group of campaigners are gaining traction in their fight to have the state secede from the union.

Scotland will begin consultations on a second referendum on independence, announced the First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon.

At a party conference in Glasgow, Sturgeon pointed out that a draft bill on the project will be published next week. It will be the first step towards a new referendum, reported BBC.

Britons are more worried about the prospect of Scotland gaining independence than of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, a poll published on May 3 found. 

Scottish nationalist leader Nicola Sturgeon said a second referendum on independence was "more likely than not" in the next five years if she wins an election on May 5 as polls predict. 

The pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) had said  it would not press for another vote on independence until it was clear most Scots wanted to leave the United Kingdom. 

British would face a "clamour" for a new Scottish independence referendum if it votes to leave the EU, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon warned June 2.

A comedy club owner, an ex-motorcycle expedition leader and a politics student are just some of the 56 new Scottish nationalist MPs set to be sworn in at Britain's parliament this week.
 

The Scottish National Party (SNP) won a landslide in Scotland on May 8, destroying the Labour party north of the border in a historic leap forward which could increase pressure for a fresh referendum on independence.

The nationalists won 56 of 59 parliamentary seats in Scotland in the May 7 general election, final results showed, up from just six at the last vote in 2010.

Scottish party has "historic success" in British election

LONDON -- Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon has said that voters in Scotland lost trust in the Labor Party, and "want to an end to austerity."

Her party, according to preliminary results for the British general election, won almost all seats in Scotland.

David Cameron's conservative Tory Party are in the lead in the Great Britain elections. It is projected that the formation led by the current PM will get 316 out of the 650 available seats in the London Parliament. The number, however, is under the minimum majority needed - 326.

The UK Labour Party will most probably be coming in second with 239 MPs.