Scottish National Party

The PM has invited the leaders of the devolved governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to a summit It follows the fourth straight parliamentary victory for the pro-independence Scottish National Party Topic |   Britain E3B1C256-BFCB-4CEF-88A6-1DCCD7666635 Published: 9:45pm, 9 May, 2021 Updated: 9:45pm, 9 May, 2021 Read More

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LONDON — The Scottish National Party won its fourth straight parliamentary election on Saturday and insisted it will push on with another referendum on Scotland's independence from the U.K. even though it failed by one seat to secure a majority. LONDON — The Scottish National Party won its fourth straight…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to the media after Conservative Party candidate Jill Mortimer won the Hartlepool by-election, at Hartlepool Marina, in Hartlepool, north east England, Friday, May 7, 2021. Britain's governing Conservative Party made further inroads in the north of England on Friday, winning a by-election in the…

Counting has resumed in Scotland's parliamentary election with the governing Scottish National Party very close to securing a majority that would see it make a push for another independence referendum. With 49 constituencies counted, the SNP had won 40 seats on Saturday and is clearly on course to win its…

Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party (SNP) look set to cruise to another election victory, however the party is playing down its chances of getting a majority in the poll. The Scottish first minister said a majority, which the party has said would give the country a mandate for a second…

It is the most marginal seat in Scotland, where at the last election Labour hung on with a wafer-thin majority. This time around, Dumbarton is being fiercely contested, and it’s a key target for the Scottish National Party, who are hoping to build a commanding pro-independence majority in Holyrood this…

LONDON (Reuters) - The ruling Scottish National Party pledged on Thursday to hold an independence referendum by the end of 2023, a step that could fracture the United Kingdom by ripping apart the 314-year union between England and Scotland. If there was another referendum and the Scots voted out, it…

Alex Salmond's Alba Party has got off to a rocky start after a coding error on its website appeared to expose the names of those signed up. First reported by Scotland's The Herald On Sunday, the names of more than 4,000 people who had signed up to attend events were…

THE ALEX SALMOND inquiry has concluded that Nicola Sturgeon misled Holyrood, the PA news agency understands. MSPs on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints Committee voted 5-4 that the First Minister gave an “inaccurate” account of a meeting with her predecessor during the live investigation, according to a source.…