He said: "It will be for the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish people to decide that. 'Labour would allow Scotland vote' In an interview at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Shadow Chancellor said: "It will be for the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish people to decide. McDonnell green...
Scottish Parliament votes for another independence referendumAdam BienkovAdam Payne
resigned in July 2000 in a dispute over party finances. He was replaced by 36-year-oldJohn Swinney, the party’s deputy leader and a member of the British and Scottish parliaments. In the Scottish elections of 2003, the SNP’s vote share dropped to 21 percent and its seats to 27. S...
Wendy Barrie, Scottish Food Guide, will be presenting The Heritage Foods of Alba Exhibition at The Scottish Parliament on March 5th– 7th inclusive. This Member Sponsored Exhibition Read More » The Sap is Rising! February 28, 2019 No Comments After last year’s beast from the east one...
On Thursday, Scottish residents 16 and older will vote in a referendum to decide whether Scotland will leave the United Kingdom and become an independent nation. Final results probably won’t come in until Friday morning U.K. time, which is after midnight Thursday on the U.S. East Coast....
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Scottish National Party (redirected fromLeader of the Scottish National Party) n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a political party advocating the independence of Scotland, founded in 1934. Abbreviation:SNP ...
He was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP); the first ever socialist member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom; a founder, and the first president, of the Scottish Labour Party; a founder of the National Party of Scotland in 1928; and the first president of the Scotti...
Nicola Sturgeon a Scottish politician who served as leader of the Scottish National Party and first minister of Scotland. Scotland’s fifth leader—and first woman leader—since the establishment of the Scottish Parliament and government in 1999, she led
the English parliament was understandably looking for peace and stability. After the disastrous Darien expedition of the late 17thcentury had drained much of Scotland capital, it was a matter of opportunity and expediency to pay the largely aristocratic members of the Scottish parliament to vote thems...
If he loses the vote, the SNP would then have 28 days to find a new leader who could command the confidence of parliament. Failure to do so would trigger a new election. Ash Regan defected from the SNP to become Alba’s only MSP; she is expected to set out a list of demands in ...