General Election 2019: Here’s what you missed across the north and north-east
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New independence vote would cause ‘more division and chaos’, says Carlaw
The Scottish Conservatives will not support any request for a second independence referendum, Jackson Carlaw has said.
Indyref2 ‘a democratic right’ after Tories defeated in Scotland, says Sturgeon
A second vote on Scottish independence is now a “democratic right” after the SNP’s victory in Scotland in a “watershed” General Election, Nicola Sturgeon has declared.
Voter fraud allegations investigated by police
Cases of suspected voter fraud in several constituencies have been reported to police.
Ian Blackford urges PM to do ‘right thing’ and permit Indyref2
The UK has been left in a “constitutional crisis”, SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford has warned as he insisted the “right thing” for the PM to do would be to permit a second vote on Scottish independence.
Who will be the next Lib Dem leader?
After Jo Swinson failed to hold her East Dunbartonshire seat, former deputy leader Sir Ed Davey and Baroness Sal Brinton will become the Liberal Democrats’ joint acting leaders.
Nicola Sturgeon accused of ‘ungracious’ celebration as SNP won Jo Swinson seat
Nicola Sturgeon was filmed celebrating after the SNP claimed the Westminster seat of Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson, with the victory display described as “unacceptably ungracious” by a Lib Dem MP.
Sturgeon set for showdown with PM as Scotland and UK take ‘divergent paths’
Nicola Sturgeon is set for a showdown with Prime Minister Boris Johnson as she insisted the SNP’s election success gives her a “renewed, refreshed and strengthened” mandate for a second vote on Scottish independence.