Explainer: What’s happening in Scotland?
There is a lot of talk today about a referendum on independence but what’s it all about? Here are 10 things that will help explain it all.
View ArticleScotland insists it has mandate for independence referendum in 2014
And it wants to hold it on its own terms, defying the wishes of the UK government in Wesminster which wants the vote to be held sooner.
View ArticleLeaders clash over Scottish independence ahead of Dublin summit
Alex Salmond and Nick Clegg have taken to Irish airwaves to express strong views about the issue of Scottish independence ahead of the British-Irish Council summit today.
View ArticleSalmond announces ‘clear’ question for referendum on Scottish independence
…and voters will have plenty of time to think about their response: he says he’ll hold the referendum in the autumn of 2014.
View ArticleScottish independence: Will they stay or will they go?
David Cameron will sign a deal with Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond later, outlining plans for a referendum on Scottish independence.
View ArticleColumn: Ireland has to stay neutral on Scottish independence
We’ve always decried interference into our affairs on this island – it would serve us well to afford the same approach to the 2014 referendum in Scotland.
View ArticleBritain would lose global clout if Scotland becomes independent – report
A House of Commons committee says Scottish independence would affirm Britain’s image as a global power in decline.
View ArticleIndependent Scotland would ‘cut corporation tax, keep sterling, stay in EU...
The Scottish government has put forward its blueprint for independence in a white paper published this morning.
View ArticleColumn: The countdown to Scotland’s referendum is on – but many questions remain
The landmark referendum is to be held next September but, whatever the outcome, questions remain over how it might affect national identity and government policy in Scotland, England and Northern...
View ArticleIt could be “impossible” for an independent Scotland to join the EU
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso noted that the formation of a new member state needs approval from all other EU nations.
View Article‘European friends came to the help of Ireland’: TDs brief Scots on EU membership
Labour TD Eric Byrne told Scottish counterparts that “it wasn’t Europe who sabotaged” the Irish economy.
View Article“It’s about putting Scotland’s future in Scotland’s hand.” – Yes campaign...
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond is using his party’s conference to court Labour voters.
View ArticleStay or go? Tempers flare in heated TV debate about Scotland’s independence
With six weeks to go before the referendum, both sides clashed on whether Scotland would be successful as an independent country.
View ArticleThe IFSC is poised to swoop if US banks go cool on London
Dublin could profit – but don’t expect skyscrapers lining the quays.
View ArticleOpinion: It’s crunch time… Salmond and Darling go head-to-head over...
With so many undecided voters, campaigners are under massive pressure to influence the outcome of the upcoming referendum.
View ArticleScottish nationalists win big in feisty debate – weeks before independence vote
The Yes side needed a performance – and they got one…
View ArticleWhere do the political parties stand on the Scottish independence?
The government has avoided expressing a view on the issue but where do the individual parties stand?
View ArticleOpinion: What would Scottish independence mean for Ireland?
Whoever wins, we might see Ireland brought back into the picture as part of a broader ‘post-sovereign’ political framework.
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