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Crowds gathered near Holyrood on Saturday with campaigners chanting ‘please help Ukraine’.

Crowds gathered near Holyrood on Saturday with campaigners chanting ‘please help Ukraine’.

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Gordon MacDonald, right, Ben Macpherson, centre, and Ash Denham all won constituency seats in Edinburgh THEY may have fallen just short of a majority in the Scottish Parliament, but the SNP swept the boards in all three Edinburgh constituencies that were counted and declared yesterday. Ash Denham, Ben Macpherson and Gordon MacDonald comfortably held Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith and Edinburgh Pentlands respectively. The SNP victories across the Lothians meant they gained...

ALL eyes were on Aberdeenshire West.

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon hopes to push ahead with plans for second Scottish independence referendum  PM Boris Johnson has set himself on course for a constitutional clash with her in his defence of the Union  Ms Sturgeon admits majority hopes are on knife edge, but it is almost certain the SNP will win fourth term 49 of 73 constituency results declared in Scotland so far with SNP on 40, Lib Dems 4, Tories 3 and Labour 2 Some constituencies are still to be counted today, when the crucial reg...

The three SNP candidates re-elected in Edinburgh on Saturday have insisted there should be another independence referendum.

Boris Johnson has set himself on course for a constitutional clash with Nicola Sturgeon if she pushes ahead with plans for a second Scottish independence referendum - which the PM has called irresponsible and reckless. Counting continues in the Scottish parliamentary contest, with the SNP leaders hopes of achieving a majority on a knife edge, after a poll predicted the party could miss out by just one seat.  But it is still highly likely the SNP will win its fourth term in power at Holyrood, a...

Nicola Sturgeon keeps her Glasgow seat but admits an SNP majority is a very, very, long shot amid poll claims that her party could miss out by ONE seat in blow to independence hopes - as early votes suggest a swing to unionist parties Polls suggest the SNP could fall short of a majority by the tiniest of margins  Sturgeon wants a mandate to hold a new independence referendum  Having to govern with an SNP/Green coalition would weaken her position 

Sturgeons SNP could miss out on Holyrood majority by one seat - polls David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline and Rachel Watson, Deputy Scottish Political Editor For The Daily Mail © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Boris Johnson has set himself on course for a constitutional clash with Nicola Sturgeon if she pushes ahead with plans for a second Scottish independence referendum - which the PM has called irresponsible and reckless. Counting continues in the...