Voice of Scotland; NEXT Year's Elections Will Give Scottish Voters the Chance to Elect MSPs for the Scottish Parliament and Councillors for the Country's 32 Councils. in Preparation for the Biggest Day in Scottish Politics, Andy O'Neill, Head of the Electoral Commission's Scottish Office, ...
“For Scotland to become independent following a yes vote, legislation would have to be passed by the U.K. and Scottish Parliaments,” Sturgeon stressed. Sturgeon maintains that her party’s success in local elections last year gives her a mandate for a fresh referendum. While the Sc...
Bill Aitken to retire at next Scottish Parliament electionsBrian Currie
In 1787, while our first 13 states adopted their new constitution, Alexander Tyler who was a Scottish History Professor at the University of Edinburgh, said this about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2000 years earlier: “A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist...
Record View: Next Round in the Battle for Power; SCOTTISH ELECTIONS 2007THE SNP have won a historic victory in the Scottish election. Alex Salmond is on the brink of becoming First Minister - but he is not quite there yet.Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)...
WithScotland likely to bring Labour some of its worst results in its elections to the Assembly next week, he has, one source notes, "begun to take the Scottish thing very seriously". The "thing" is not just fear of losing Scotland and continuing aggravation from the Nationalists if they ...
the number of MPs by 50 and for switching to the "alternative vote" system for Westminster, if voters back the idea.The clause allows that referendum to be staged alongside elections to the Welsh Assembly, the Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly and local elections across England....