Scottish independence

The Sun newspaper on April 30 urged readers to vote for the Conservative party of British Prime Minister David Cameron in next week's election but its Scottish edition backed rival nationalists.

Britain's main political parties struck what they said was a historic deal to grant Scotland tax-raising powers and greater autonomy to try to satisfy disappointed separatists who lost an independence vote two months ago.
   

Scotland's ruling Scottish National Party (SNP) on Nov. 14 crowned a new leader to build on a surge of support following a defeat in September's independence referendum that still looks set to result in greater autonomy.
      

Fired up by Scotland’s looming independence referendum, thousands of nationalists in Catalonia take to the streets for mass protests to demand their own vote on breaking away from Spain.

The British government is scrambling to respond to a lurch in the opinion polls towards a vote for Scottish independence this month by promising a range of new powers for Scotland if it chooses to stay within the United Kingdom.
   

Scotland's independence would be "cataclysmic"

Former Secretary General of NATO George Robertson has said that Scottish independence "would be cataclysmic for the West in an era of international turmoil."

A "debilitating divorce" after a "yes" vote in September would threaten the stability of the wider world, the BBC quoted him as saying.