Labour should have called independence referendum in 2007, says former Scots leader Jim Murphy
A former Scottish Labour leader has said his party should have called an independence referendum seven years before the historic vote in 2014. Jim Murphy said a Gordon Brown-led Government would have campaigned for Yes to Scotland remaining in the UK.
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Ten years on from the Scottish independence referendum anything is possible in Scottish politics
So, ten years on the debate on independence is not over and done with, not while Scots continue to vote for the SNP in large numbers. As pollster Mark Diffley says the debates around the independence referendum are still shaping Scottish politics.
Ten years on from Scotland’s independence referendum
Neither supporters nor opponents of independence have much to crow about. A YouGov poll suggests that, excluding those who do not know, 44% of Scots would vote to leave the UK today, almost the same as the 45% who voted that way ten years ago.
The agony and ecstasy of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum
Jane Phillips was among the first people to vote in the Scottish independence referendum. A teacher from Dundee, she was second in line at her local polling station when it opened on the morning of 18 September 2014. Then aged 58, she was dreaming of a Yes victory that for months had seemed almost inconceivable.
Where are the top players in the Scottish independence referendum now?
The 2014 results showed 55% were opposed to independence and 45% supported it. A recent YouGov poll showed those figures are now 56% and 44% respectively. However, the past 10 years have held extraordinary ups and downs for the main figures involved in the referendum. Here’s what has happened to them since.
Scotland's independence referendum ten years on
Emotions were running high in the run-up to the 2014 independence vote as Scotland's future dominated the international news agenda.
Scottish Leader Backs Case For Independence 10 Years After Failed Poll
Scotland's leader John Swinney said Wednesday that the country's pro-separatist movement must build on the "overwhelmingly positive legacy" of the 2014 independence referendum to secure a split from the UK.
Scotland closer to independence now than in 2014, insists Swinney
Scotland is closer to independence than it was in 2014, the First Minister has insisted. SNP leader John Swinney made the claim at an event marking the 10th anniversary of the historic ballot - which saw 55% of voters reject independence and support remaining part of the UK.
Sturgeon predicts Scottish independence and united Ireland in UK 'shake-up'
Ten years after the Scottish independence referendum, the former first minister predicts a "very healthy realignment" of the ...
Swinney accused of presiding over ‘lost decade’ on referendum anniversary
John Swinney and his Government have been accused of presiding over a “lost decade” since the independence referendum.
Douglas Ross: SNP fanatics won’t let Scotland heal, ten years after referendum
The nationalists said the 2014 poll would be a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ event, yet continue to ‘agitate’ for another ...
Independence referendum was 'undoing' of the SNP, says Better Together campaign boss
Blair McDougall said the nationalists were ‘the dogs that caught the car’ The independence referendum was the "undoing" of ...
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Knight Frank: International investors lead Scottish commercial property market post-referendum
Scotland’s commercial property market has attracted significantly more international interest in the decade that followed the ...
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John Swinney accused of presiding over ‘lost decade’ since referendum
John Swinney and his Government have been accused of presiding over a “lost decade” since the independence referendum.