Tag: referendum
Westminster EU stance strengthening Yes support as new poll shows No...
By Martin Kelly Support for Scottish independence would be neck and neck with those in favour of remaining within the Union if Westminster adopts...
Anger at text stunt as Better Together acquires personal mobile phone...
By G.A.Ponsonby Pro-Union campaign group Better Together is facing accusations that it has acquired personal information of mobile phone users against their knowledge...
Scotland already matches UK even without oil says Yes campaign
By Martin Kelly An independent Scotland would be no worse off than the rest of the UK even if it didn’t have oil...
Boost for Yes campaign as poll shows dramatic narrowing of gap
By Martin Kelly The gap between those in favour of independence and those against has narrowed to just ten points according to a new...
Catalonia may hold its indy referendum before Scotland
By a Newsnet reporter The ERC, the second party in the pro-independence coalition governing Catalonia, is urging its coalition partners the CiU to...
Catalan parliament asserts Catalonia’s right to decide its future
By a Newsnet reporter The Parliament of Catalonia has today approved a resolution put forward by the PSC in favour of Catalonia's right...
Historic bill will give 16 and 17 year olds a say...
A Scottish Government bill that will give every 16 and 17 year old the right to vote in next year’s independence referendum has...
Electoral Commission advice leaves Unionists under pressure to define ‘No’
By Bob Duncan Anti-independence parties have been urged to agree a “joint position” with the Scottish government on what will happen after the...
Scotland and rest of UK moving further apart over EU membership
By Martin Kelly The growing differences between Scotland and the rest of the UK over relations with the rest of Europe have been...
Cameron’s EU speech presents opportunities and challenges for the nationalists
By David Torrance Big political speeches can be misremembered. Mrs Thatcher’s 1988 appearance at the College of Europe in Bruges, for example, is...