Gary Gibbon
Nicola Sturgeon: border checks ‘lack all credibility’
Nicola Sturgeon feels that Theresa May has gifted her a priceless argument for the second Scottish independence referendum whenever it comes.
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The SNP probably have more members than the Tories now, but does it matter?
SNP members might be excited to hear that they’ve overtaken the Conservatives, but this doesn’t necessarily mean the party is destined for a landslide.
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Sturgeon announces publicly-owned energy company
Scotland’s First Minister has announced she is to set up a publicly-owned energy company able to sell gas and electricity at low prices. Nicola Sturgeon made the announcement as she wrapped up the SNP annual conference.
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Nicola Sturgeon on Catalonia, Scots independence, Brexit and Boris
Scotland’s First Minister and SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, discusses the Catalonian referendum, Scottish independence, Brexit and Boris Johnson.
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Sturgeon says EU should mediate over Catalonia
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has told this programme the EU should mediate an agreement between the Catalan and Spanish governments. There’s significant support for the Catalan separatist movement at the SNP annual conference, but the leadership has been careful not to interfere in the dispute that has raged in Spain. Nicola Sturgeon has insisted…
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Sturgeon: election an opportunity to stop Tories in their tracks
The Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has accused Theresa May of arrogance, as she spoke to a final rally of supporters in Leith, declaring that the election is an opportunity to stop the Tories in their tracks. Four million Scottish voters will be heading to the polls tomorrow.
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Sturgeon: May is ‘weakest and most evasive leader in living memory’
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says Theresa May called the election “to crush the opposition”, but has now shown herself to be the “weakest and most evasive leader in living memory”.
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SNP: indyref2 ‘at end of Brexit process’
The Scottish National Party seem to have put the brakes on their drive for another referendum on independence, shunting it down their agenda until “the end of the Brexit process”. Launching the party’s manifesto today, Nicola Sturgeon said any attempts by the Conservatives to block Scotland having a choice would be “democratically unsustainable”.
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Scottish independence referendum take 2?
Theresa May hit back at Nicola Sturgeon and told her that another referendum on Scottish independence was off the cards…indefinitely. The SNP called it a democratic outrage! May v Sturgeon: the gloves are off but what next?
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Gary Gibbon
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SNP challenge over Brexit
Nicola Sturgeon offers the prospect – if not a promise – of another independence referendum before the UK leaves the European Union.
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Gary Gibbon
David Cameron will be remembered for gambling and losing
David Cameron’s last Prime Minister’s Questions showed him at his best. It was astute, witty and self-deprecating. But history will cast it aside.
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Gary Gibbon
Cameron’s message: don’t harm your children and grandchildren
He said that the issue “above all” is the economy, in the knowledge that for many voters “immigration” tops it.
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FactCheck: does immigration drive down wages?
Boris admits he hasn’t read a study he quotes to attack the EU on immigration and wages. But could he have a point anyway?
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Elections: mixed results for Labour, SNP wins third term
Labour suffers fewer losses than predicted in English council elections, but is pushed into third place in its former Scottish heartland as the SNP wins a third term in government.
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Gary Gibbon
SNP works out where ‘centre of Scottish political opinion truly is’
Demanding powers and then not using them is one of the central stories at the heart of this campaign.
