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Scots are still evenly split on independence, and a lengthy constitutional stalemate seems likely ‘For the nationalists, the difficulty is that there is no clear majority for independence and no guarantee that they would win a referendum.’ Unionists and pro-independence protesters, Glasgow, 1 May 2021. Photograph: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images ‘For the nationalists, the difficulty is that there is no clear majority for independence and no guarantee that they would win a referend...

Updated: May 7, 2021, 9:56 am © PA Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Scotland’s mixed system of votes gives everyone two shots at shaping the Holyrood parliament but with the SNP dominating in the first-past-the-post contest, the 2021 Scottish election focused minds on a wider pool of candidates on the regional ballot paper. This election saw a late push from Scottish Labour, a rally from the Lib Dems and a comp...

FILE PHOTO: Scotlands First Minister Nicola Sturgeon campaigns in Midsteeple Quarter for the Scottish Parliament election, in Dumfries, Scotland, Britain May 3, 2021. Jeff J Mitchell/Pool via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish independence supporters are calling Thursdays election the most important in the nations history as they vow that if they win a majority in the devolved parliament, they will push for another referendum on breaking from the United Kingdom. The Scottish National Par...

Scottish independence supporters are calling Thursday's election the most important in the nation's history as they vow that if they win a majority in the devolved parliament, they will push for another referendum on breaking from the United Kingdom.

Article content LONDON — Scottish independence supporters are calling Thursday’s election the most important in the nation’s history as they vow that if they win a majority in the devolved parliament, they will push for another referendum on breaking from the United Kingdom. The Scottish National Party (SNP) is close to controlling the devolved parliament – knows as Holyrood – outright in Thursday’s election. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your brows...

Jay Hanselman / WVXU So how did Cincinnati end up with the council-manager form of government, where a professional city manager runs the day-to-day operations and a nine-member council sets policy? It was a case of political bossism gone haywire in the 1920s that pushed Cincinnati into this relatively new, clean and efficient form of government – one that had little hint of scandal or corruption until 2020, when no less than three council members were indicted on federal corruption char...

Could Salmond’s ‘supermajority’ talk harm the Scottish independence cause? Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA As she launched her party’s manifesto on Thursday morning, Nicola Sturgeon repeatedly mentioned her aspiration for a “simple majority” of SNP members to be returned in May’s Holyrood election – this is the mandate she needs to ask Boris Johnson for the legal powers to hold a second independence...

Last modified on Thu 15 Apr 2021 12.54 EDT As she launched her party’s manifesto on Thursday morning, Nicola Sturgeon repeatedly mentioned her aspiration for a “simple majority” of SNP members to be returned in May’s Holyrood election – this is the mandate she needs to ask Boris Johnson for the legal powers to hold a second independence referendum. But the specific phrasing – “simple majority” – was notable since another notion was introduced to the ...

Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The 2021 Scottish parliamentary election could prove to be one of the most important in recent political history. From the future of the United Kingdom to the post-Covid recovery and the education of our children, there is no shortage of issues at stake. While the constitution will no doubt featu...

AT the end of last month, as the Scottish Parliament was dissolving ahead of the Holyrood election, ministers in Boris Johnson’s government made two announcements related to Scotland and the future integrity of the UK. The first was symbolic. From now on, government buildings across the country (although not in Northern Ireland) would be required to fly the Union flag every day as a “proud reminder of our history and the ties that bind us,” the Conservative culture secretary, Oliver Dow...