BACKGROUND Alex Salmond declared he will stand down as Scotland's first minister and the leader of the Scottish National party after failing to secure a majority for independence, as the country's vote to remain in the United Kingdom foreshadowed months...
Lire la suiteBACKGROUND More than 4 million voters in Scotland are going to the ballot box today to decide the fate of the nation forever in an independence referendum. With polls indicating the result is on a knife-edge, more than 97 per cent of eligible voters are...
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Lire la suiteThis cartoon by Paul Thomas from The Express relates to the agreement signed by UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond granting the Scottish government the power to hold a referendum on independence in 2014. THE CARTOON...
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The First Minister will use his keynote speech to conference to hammer home the gathering's central message: that Scotland "could and should" be an independent country. He will argue that decisions about Scotland's future are best taken by those who live...
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