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The SNP will be lacking a majority in the Scottish Parliament The Scottish National Party he was well on his way to remaining the largest parliamentary party in Holyrood on Saturday, but it looks like he will miss out on winning a majority of 129 seats in the chamber. The pro-independence SNP won 59 of the 70 seats in the first constituency declared on Saturday evening, but was unable to take the marginal targets that were considered essential for a majority in a proportionately represented parliament. The fourth Scottish parliamentary election victory for the SNP means it will continue in th...

COVID-19 overshadows independence in key Scottish election Associated Press 3 hrs ago By JILL LAWLESS and RENEE GRAHAM, Associated Press © Provided by Associated Press The Scottish side of the border between Scotland and England at Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Scotland, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Scotland holds an election Thursday that could hasten the breakup of the United Kingdom. The pro-independence Scottish National Party is leading in the polls and a big victory will give it the the moral right and the political momentum to hold a referendum on whether Scotland should end its th...

Scottish Voters Reluctant About Independence Vote as Economy Struggles Amid Pandemic On 5/5/21 at 9:22 AM EDT The economic upheaval following Britain's exit from the European Union and the coronavirus pandemic has cast a shadow over the push for Scottish independence. As Scotland heads into parliamentary elections Thursday, the Scottish National Party, which has led a minority government since 2016, says a big victory will give it the political momentum to hold a referendum on whether Scotland should end its union with England. Scotland voted to remain in the U.K. in a 2014 independence refer...

Updated: April 26, 2021, 3:58 pm © D C Thomson & Co Ltd 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 coronavirus pandemic has seen voters exposed to an almost constant diet of daily briefings over the last year and has led many to make their own assessment of the approaches taken by the Scottish and UK governments. With next month’s May 6 election just round the corner and coronavirus restrictions still in place, it appears convinc...

A RECENT poll which appeared to show a majority of Scots oppose independence has brought the “whole political polling industry into disrepute”,…