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A binding corrective referendum means that voters can still reject laws that have already been adopted. Because it is a constitutional amendment, the bill must be approved by the Senate and House of Representatives again after the elections. Hence there must be a two-thirds majority in both hous...
Scotland's First Minister has insisted the Yes campaign would win "comprehensively" if a second referendum on independence was held tomorrow. Despite several polls putting support for independence at less than 50%,Humza Yousafmade the claim as he published the latest paper f...
Within hours of the announcement of the result, Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon declared a second referendum on independence "highly likely", to protect Scotland's place in Europe. The SNP's commitment to Europe could place it on a collision course with the Scottish fishermen...
“What I had underestimated was that there were people who were in entrenched positions,” she said. “I'd underestimated the extent to which parliament was not willing to just deliver what people wanted in the referendum. “I sacrificed my job in order to try to get a deal...
All of this has been accompanied by demonstrations in the streets, demands for a second Brexit referendum, and noises from Scottish nationalists that, as between Europe and Britain, it would prefer its own (second) referendum, to leave Britain and remain part of Europe. That will have to be...
The UK economy is only growing slowly –The accepted definition of a recession is when the economy shrinks for two consecutive quarters, a feat the UK achieved in the second half of 2023. It meant that the UK economy only grew by 0.4% for the whole of 2023. This was the wea...
Asked what the naughtiest thing he had ever done was by the Conservative Home website, Mr Gyimah replied: "I'd candidly suggest that standing for the Tory leadership on a second referendum platform must rank quite high." Mr Gyimah's candidacy may have disappeared, but his frust...
There are differences between how the Scottish independence referendum and the possible future vote on the UK’s membership of the EU will be run, writes Dr Simon Sherwood. But will a Yes vote, increase or decrease the chances of Brexit?
A second referendum would also take an estimated five months to organize, and there is the vexing issue of what to put on the ballot paper. Article content “It’s unlikely at the moment, simply because there just doesn’t seem to be support for Parliament,” said Anand Menon, ...