Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf announced on Monday (29 April) that he will leave office following his decision to dissolve the governing coalition between his Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Scottish Greens last week. The Bute House power-sharing agreement, a union between pro-...
Sturgeon told members of Scottish Parliament: "I can confirm that the Scottish government and the Scottish Green Party will enter structured talks, supported by the civil service, with a view to reaching, if we can, a formal co-operation agreement. "Exactly what the content, extent and scope ...
The SNP wants Scotland to apply for EU membership if it secures independence from the UK. However, the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement concluded at the end of 2020 and in force since 1 January 2021 complicates matters.With the UK Government having pulled the ...
In my view this was equally self-defeating as the SNP mantra, as these votes would be split even further. So no wonder I was prepared not to vote at all. Instead, with the announcement of Alex Salmond back into the fray and the subsequent agreement of ISP and AFI to get behind Alba ...
the SNP planned to keep the British monarchy for an independent Scotland(Scottish Government 2013: 21, 45, 340), had no constitution in place for the pos-sible new state, and all political parties in the Scottish Parliament except the SNPand the small Scottish Green Party were against independ...
Sturgeon told members of Scottish Parliament: "I can confirm that the Scottish government and the Scottish Green Party will enter structured talks, supported by the civil service, with a view to reaching, if we can, a formal co-operation agreement. ...
Michael Gove 'in agreement' with SNP leader John Swinney over independence • May 19, 2025, 7:55 AM ET (BBC) ...(Show more) Scottish National Party (SNP), nationalist political party that has sought to make Scotland an independent state within the European Union (EU). History The SN...
When the votes were tabulated in the parliamentary election, the SNP added one seat to the total it had won in the 2016 election, but, with 64 seats, it was still one seat shy of an outright majority. Knowing that she had the support of theGreen Party(winner of 8 seats) on the issu...