All posts tagged "Scottish independence"
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Scottish power-sharing deal brings independence referendum a step closerA second Scottish independence referendum has come a step closer, following the formation of an alliance between the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Scottish Green Party Parliamentary Group to
- Posted August 24, 2021
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Talk of Scottish independence sparks memories of Canada’s fight for national unityLetter from Ottawa: In 1995, a referendum saw Quebec come close to seceding from Canada. Michael Wernick, former clerk of the Privy Council, reflects on what it was like to
- Posted May 24, 2021
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‘An iconoclastic government’: former DEXEU chief Philip Rycroft on threats to the UK and its democracyPhilip Rycroft ran both the UK’s Brexit department, and Whitehall’s relations with the devolved governments. Now the former permanent secretary is speaking out: the Johnson government, he says, is ‘challenging
- Posted October 16, 2020
