Page 29 - Union Unit News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

John Dryburgh via email ONE of the main reasons I read The National online is to see the comments. I’m not interested in a whole load of boring, middle-of-the-road “SNP are great – don’t rock the boat” stuff. So I shall see how it goes, and consider whether or not to continue with my subscription. John Gordon via email WELL said Alan Hinnrichs (Letters, February 23) regarding the entryism within the SNP. It’s clear to anyone paying attention that a small band of entryists have taken over the SNP – they clearly have the ear of the current leader. We all remember Nicola ...

  No 10: no panic over threat to UK and Union Unit continues alongside PM's new strategy committee No panic: PM makes clear death of troubled Union Unit grossly exaggerated as it continues as part of expanded Whitehall operation DOWNING St insists the UK Government is not panicking over the threat to the Union and has made clear its troubled Union Unit is not dead but continuing as Boris Johnson establishes a new Cabinet committee to spearhead the fight against the SNP’s drive for Scottish independence. Confusion spread earlier today with reports that the Union Unit was being scrapped....

Boris faces Union crisis as SNP vow to ‘speed up' desperate Scottish independence bid Richard Percival Replay Video UP NEXT Express.co.uk understands work on a draft independence bill is taking place and accelerating at speed ahead of the election period from March 25th. An SNP source, told this publication: "We are ramping up the speed to deliver our pledge for a second Scottish independence vote." Scottish independence is 'not inevitable' says Douglas Ross Replay Video The draft Bill was promised in the legislative programme First Minister Nicola Sturgeon set out last yea...

The flyer, which was sent to households across Scotland, does not mention Boris Johnson stopping a referendum. It says: "The SNP will hold another independence referendum in the next Parliament if they win a majority at May's election. "But their referendum can be stopped, if the SNP don't get that majority of seats. "The Scottish Conservatives are the only party able to prevent the SNP winning a majority." The leaflet contains a bar chart showing how many seats each party held in 2016: 31 for the Tories, 24 for Labour, six for the Greens and five for the LibDems. It does not menti...

The draft Bill was promised in the legislative programme First Minister Nicola Sturgeon set out last year. Last month, the SNP also released an 11-point "roadmap" to an independence referendum - setting out that a ballot could take place if May's Holyrood elections result in a pro-independence majority, even if Westminster refuses to grant a Section 30 order. This could see the party force the UK Government into a legal challenge, if a Section 30 order is not granted. 21 polls have shown support for Scottish independence since January 2021 but rising tensions within the party over Alex Salmon...