Scottish Leader Backs Case For Independence 10 Years After Failed Poll
Scotland's leader John Swinney said Wednesday that the country's pro-separatist movement must build on the "overwhelmingly positive legacy" of the 2014 independence referendum to secure a split from the UK.
Scottish Referendum 10 years on - First Minister John Swinney speaks
SWINNEY: TIME FOR REAWAKENING OF OPTIMISM AND HOPE TO SECURE INDEPENDENCE SNP LEADER: “REFERENDUM HAS LEFT POSITIVE LEGACY ON SCOTLAND” Addressing independence campaigners in Edinburgh this morning (18th September) on the 10-year anniversary of the 2014 referendum,
10 years since the Scottish independence referendum
Ten years ago this week the Scottish independence referendum shook the British establishment. Hundreds of thousands of working class people defied the Tories, Labour, big business and the mainstream media.
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10 years on, let’s put Scottish independence to rest
As Scotland commemorated the 10th anniversary of the separatists’ defeat in the 2014 referendum, it was inevitable that the SNP would seek to signal its continued pursuit of independence. What was missing amid the bravado on display from First Minister John Swinney was any sense of realism about either his party’s or his country’s predicament.
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Ten years on from the Scottish independence referendum anything is possible in Scottish politics
So, ten years on the debate on independence is not over and done with, not while Scots continue to vote for the SNP in large numbers. As pollster Mark Diffley says the debates around the independence referendum are still shaping Scottish politics.
Ten years on from Scotland’s independence referendum
Neither supporters nor opponents of independence have much to crow about. A YouGov poll suggests that, excluding those who do not know, 44% of Scots would vote to leave the UK today, almost the same as the 45% who voted that way ten years ago.
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Scotland is closer to independence than it was in 2014, the First Minister has insisted. SNP leader John Swinney made the claim at an event marking the 10th anniversary of the historic ballot - which saw 55% of voters reject independence and support remaining part of the UK.
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