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There have been many key milestones on the way to a trade deal between Britain and the EU an agreement which ends the transition period and brings Brexit to fruition. Policy Editor DANIEL MARTIN reports.
January 23, 2013
David Cameron announces plans for an in-out referendum following a renegotiation of Britain s membership in the EU.
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Following decades of Tory splits on the European issue, he said: Simply asking the British people to carry on accepting a European settlement over which they have had little choice is a path to ensuring that when the question is finally put and at some stage it will have to be it is much more likely that the British people will reject the EU. That is why I am in favour of a referendum.
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âDont goâ: Former Lib Dem leader pleads with Scots to stay in UK and ânot abandon northernersâ
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âDont goâ: Former Lib Dem leader pleads with Scots to stay in UK and ânot abandon northernersâ A LEADING MP has called for Scotland to stick with the union and not abandon the north of England with Boris Johnson. Tim Farron made the plea after 17 polls in a row showed majority support for Scottish independence, with the SNP on track for a major victory at the Holyrood elections next year. The former Liberal Democrat leader has spoken repeatedly about the dangers of nationalism during debates in the House of Commons, and last week told the Conservatives that their rise in English nationalism was coming back back to haunt them, and they should not be surprised by the growing independence support.
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Highland MP speaks out after being suspended from House of Commons for grabbing the mace as Scottish Tory MSP suggests behaviour was potentially dangerous By Scott Maclennan
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Updated: 12:36, 17 December 2020
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MP Drew Hendry making off with the Mace in the Houses of Parliament.
Highland MP Drew has vowed to always stand up for my constituents after being suspended from the House of Commons for grabbing the mace in protest at the UK Internal Market Bill.
The mace sits on the dispatch box and is the traditional symbol of the monarchâs authority and without it laws cannot be passed nor can the House of Commons meet.