Nicola Sturgeon yesterday claimed Boris Johnson’s “cast iron” pledge to refuse a second independence vote had a limited shelf-life as she launched the SNP’s General Election campaign.
Nicola Sturgeon yesterday claimed it was her “duty” to hold a legal independence referendum to protect Scotland against Westminster and declared it must be held next year.
David Cameron’s admission he sought the Queen’s involvement in the Scottish independence referendum has raised questions about the legitimacy of the nation’s constitutional monarchy, an expert has said.
David Cameron actively sought support for a No vote from the Queen when he stayed at Balmoral during the independence referendum campaign, it has emerged.
Today marks five years since one of the most significant days in Scotland's political history.
A second referendum on Scottish independence and one on the Northern Irish border issue have widespread support among voters on the UK mainland, a new poll suggests.
Nicola Sturgeon has said her fight for a second independence referendum would be at the heart of an SNP general election campaign.
Boris Johnson has repeatedly insisted the UK must prepare for a no-deal Brexit, despite Ruth Davidson’s opposition to crashing out of the EU.
A former adviser to Nicola Sturgeon today says the chances of the first minister’s plan to hold a second independence referendum by May 2021 succeeding are “very remote indeed”.
AS a former Scottish Government special adviser, initially to First Minister Alex Salmond, then to his successor Nicola Sturgeon, I’ve been careful not to comment on government or SNP business in the three years since I left office.
Nicola Sturgeon has urged SNP members to go out and sell the party’s plans to ditch the pound to the rest of the country.
The SNP’s plans for a new Scottish currency were dealt a blow when a poll suggested nearly three-quarters of Scots want to keep the pound.
Only a fifth of voters back Nicola Sturgeon’s plan for a second independence referendum within two years, a new poll has found.
Nicola Sturgeon made a very deliberate attempt to strike a consensual tone as she updated Holyrood on her independence plans yesterday.
Nicola Sturgeon will give a “detailed and substantive” update on Scottish independence and Brexit in a Holyrood statement today, her spokesman has claimed.
Amid the cacophony of Brexit chaos and the pitiful bleating of Theresa May’s struggle for survival, the unmistakable sound of indyref2 sabre-rattling can be heard against the din.
Hundreds gathered in the centre of Aberdeen yesterday to show their support for a second independence referendum.
There was a watershed moment in Scottish politics last week.
Nicola Sturgeon has maintained there is no "rational" argument against holding an independence referendum within two years and claimed Theresa May agrees with her likely Brexit timetable.
The Scottish Government was accused last night of using Brexit as an excuse to pursue its "holy grail" of independence above all else.
Conservative MSPs will use a crunch Holyrood vote to try and push back a second independence referendum until after April 2019.
A petition calling for a second independence referendum to be blocked will be considered for debate at Westminster after it secured more than 100,000 signatures.
Nick Clegg has warned the UK Government against "imposing a fatwa" on an SNP demand for a second independence vote.
North-east politicians have warned that a second independence referendum could cause "uncertainty and instability" for Aberdeen during its "time of need."
The SNP has failed to win a majority at the Holyrood election - but a minority government will not be a barrier to a second independence referendum.
The SNP should "thank their lucky stars" Scottish voters rejected independence following revelations that oil revenues will plummet by 94%.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell has urged the SNP government in Edinburgh to focus on its "day job".
Twelve months on from the independence referendum, Scotland's streets are looking a little different.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell will say today that the Union would have to be invented if it did not exist - and that people would vote to join it.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell urged Scots to look to the future as he thanked the country for making the "right decision" on independence as the first anniversary of the referendum looms.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to clarify what would motivate the SNP to trigger a second independence referendum.
Pressure for another independence referendum may become “unstoppable” if the UK votes to leave the EU, Nicola Sturgeon claimed yesterday.