The court's president, Lord Reed, said the laws that created the Scottish Parliament ... EU in the 2016 Brexit referendum. Scottish voters backed remain by 62% by 38%. Independence supporters ...

On 10th and 11th October the Supreme Court in London will hear legal arguments on whether the Scottish Parliament can legislate for another independence referendum ... future is a mug's game.

As in 2014, the proposed referendum would be consultative, not binding. If supported, it would be a start to negotiations on Scottish independence between the Scottish parliament and the UK ...

In elections for the Scottish parliament in May 2021, the SNP said it would seek to hold a referendum if pro-independence parties won a majority. The SNP together with the Scottish Greens ...

But what is a de facto referendum and is there any prospect of it settling the issue of independence once and for all? The Scottish government was planning to hold an independence referendum on 19 ...

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she wants to have a second referendum on Scottish independence in October 2023. However, the matter will be referred to the UK Supreme Court in order ...

(Russell Cheyne/PA via AP) LONDON (CN) — Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon this week announced Oct. 19, 2023, as her intended date for a second referendum on Scottish independence, firing the ...

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the Scottish government cannot hold an independence referendum without the Westminster government's consent. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had said she wanted ...

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Today (October 19) marks the day when the proposed second Scottish referendum for independence was supposed to take place last year. However, the Supreme Court ruled that Scotland couldn't hold ...

Today (October 19) marks the day when the proposed second Scottish referendum for independence was supposed to take place last year. Sturgeon maintained that “Scottish democracy will not be ...