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Scotland not being independent shows devolution has worked, Sir Tony Blair has said. Sir Tony was the prime minister who legislated for the Scottish Parliament after a referendum in 1997.
The UK Government will fear other parts of the country breaking away if Scotland ever becomes independent, an academic has said. Speaking at a fringe event on the border arrangements of an ...
Ben Macpherson, an SNP MSP and Scottish Government minister, issued the warning to party members as they prepare to vote for a new leader.
In 2022, 73 percent of Scots would want an independent Scotland to be part of NATO and only 8 percent oppose this. [175] The UK Defence Journal writes that the defence of Scotland is best served as part of the UK. [176] Scotland is said to benefit from a collective defence force and an independent Scotland would weaken the UK's defence posture ...
Scottish devolution is the process of the UK Parliament granting powers (excluding powers over reserved matters) to the devolved Scottish Parliament. [1] [2] [3] Prior to the advent of devolution, some had argued for a Scottish Parliament within the United Kingdom – while others have since advocated for complete independence.
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjacent islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles.
Ash Regan has vowed that Scotland will be an independent country within three years if she is elected Scottish National Party (SNP) leader and First Minister. During a Sky News debate, the MSP for ...
The politics of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Poilitigs na h-Alba) operate within the constitution of the United Kingdom, of which Scotland is a country.Scotland is a democracy, being represented in both the Scottish Parliament and the Parliament of the United Kingdom since the Scotland Act 1998.