Conflicting messages emanating from Buckingham Palace amid calls by British politicians for the Queen to take a stand on Scottish Independence are causing confusion and frustration in the UK, as the referendum campaign enters its final week. Unofficial briefings made
Former British Prime Minister Sir John Major has waded into Scottish independence debate with a big “I told you so”. The former Conservative PM says that he has been vindicated in his opposition to the Labour Party’s proposals to give
EDINBURGH, United Kingdom – Prime Minister David Cameron has said that he would be “heartbroken” if Scotland left the UK. Cameron was speaking as part of a concerted effort by the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats to revive the faltering
There is further evidence that businesses are beginning to panic as Scotland prepares to vote on whether it should become an independent country. It has been revealed that Standard Life, one of Scotland’s biggest financial firms, has drawn up plans
EDINBURGH, United Kingdom (for now) – Anyone claiming to know how the Scottish independence bid ends is telling you a big, fat lie. Sir Jeremy Heywood, who is the most senior bureaucrat in the British government, admitted there are no
LONDON (AP) — In for a penny, in for a pound. There’ll be no going back if Scotland votes for independence from the United Kingdom on Sept. 18. Opinion polls showing that may happen have prompted investors to sell off
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron implored Scots on Wednesday to shun independence to keep the United Kingdom “family” intact as he scrambled to stem a steep rise in secessionist support ahead of the Sept. 18 vote. In
EDINBURGH, Scotland, United Kingdom – Better Together, the (‘No Thanks’) campaign against Scottish independence, is ramping up its efforts to win the referendum after a lacklustre campaign. A YouGov poll from this weekend – showing the yes campaign pulling ahead
Some polls now show a slim majority of Scotland voters intending to vote on September18th for independence from the United Kingdom after 300 years of political union. Such an action would destroy the post-World War II doctrine of the inviolability
Global banks are waking up to the threat of a United Kingdom split asunder following shock polls this weekend, and have issued stark warnings to investors to get their money out of Britain. Nomura, Japan’s biggest bank, has warned of
Politicians on both sides of the political divide have called for Her Majesty the Queen to make an intervention on the matter of Scottish independence, but fears of politicising the Monarchy have left the Prime Minister and Cabinet office paralysed
JHANG, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from floods in Pakistan and India reached 400 on Tuesday as armies in both countries scrambled to help the victims and authorities in Islamabad warned hundreds of thousands to be prepared to flee
Rupert Murdoch’s Scottish Sun newspaper could be on the brink of declaring its support for a ‘Yes’ vote in the Scottish independence referendum, a move that would be a major boost for First Minister Alex Salmond as polls become increasingly
The leaders of all three main parties in the UK have agreed to miss tomorrow’s weekly instalment of Prime Minister’s Questions and travel to Scotland in a last-ditch bid to save the Union. Prime Minister David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister
With sterling tumbling at the start of the week, in response to an opinion poll showing support for Scottish independence 2 points in the lead, and the FTSE 100 declining by 0.3 per cent, £3.5bn was knocked off the market
Joe Weisenthal, editor at BI comes unglued at the rise of the populist right. We reprint here: The big news at the moment is in the UK, where it looks like there’s a real chance that Scotland might vote to
The strengthening of Scotland’s independence movement is fanning fierce passions in Spain’s Catalonia region, where noisy demonstrations are planned on Thursday by Catalans who want to break away from Spain. Catalonia’s president Artur Mas set the northeastern region at odds
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Defaced and deserted for decades, Dublin’s World War One memorial garden now marks the rehabilitation of at least 200,000 Irishmen who fought for Britain a century ago – a transformation that angers some. The dispute has come
“Scottish independence means [a] huge black eye for [the] whole political establishment, especially Cameron and Miliband” tweeted Rupert Murdoch this weekend, clearly enjoying baiting both his perennial detractors on the left and the British Conservative leadership he has come to
One in four Scottish voters believe British spies are trying to stop them voting for independence next week, according to a new poll. The YouGov poll for Buzzfeed shows that 26 percent of Scots think it is “probably true” that
In late 2013, a giant Christmas tree in Kiev’s Independence Square became a symbol of the protests against the Russian-backed regime of Viktor Yanukovych. According to the UK Guardian: “The Christmas tree was hung with Ukrainian flags and protesters waved
LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Shares in Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland fell on Monday after supporters of Scottish independence took their first opinion poll lead since the referendum campaign began. Lloyds’ shares were down 2.5
Thousands of people displaced by a Muslim rebel assault on a major Philippine city are enduring squalid conditions in an evacuation camp where dozens have died, while the guerilla leader remains free one year on. The attack by Moro National
UK Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has warned that a vote for Scottish Independence would mean a manned border between Scotland and England, the Daily Mail has reported. Speaking in an interview, Mr Miliband said “If you don’t want borders,
The 120,000 European Citizens living in Scotland “may hold the key to breaking up Britain”, the Mail has reported. All Scottish residents, including 33,000 Poles, 13,000 Germans and 4,000 French migrants will be entitled to vote in the referendum on
