
The leaders of nearly ever major British political party have united in their opposition to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership deal (TTIP) becoming a means for an American business takeover of the NHS. The proposed TTIP deal is billed
by Sarkis Zeronian27 Oct 2015, 8:13 AM PST0

London (AFP) – Scottish nationalists will propose holding a new referendum on independence from the rest of Britain, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday. Sturgeon said her pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) would set out a timescale for
by AFP13 Sep 2015, 1:49 AM PST0

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has admitted that her government’s recent decision to ban the growing of GM crops in Scotland was “not based on scientific considerations.” Her admission came in a letter after she was quizzed on what scientific
by Donna Rachel Edmunds11 Sep 2015, 5:58 AM PST0

In a move guaranteed to anger Londoners, the Scottish Nationalists stand accused of “crossing the line” after giving notice of the latest battleground on which they will dictate events in England. In the argument over runway capacity the SNP leader Nicola
by Sarkis Zeronian22 Jul 2015, 9:21 AM PST0

Any chance of a Brexit has been put at risk as the people of Scotland are overwhelmingly in favour of staying within the EU, while the English are marginally in favour of leaving, a new poll has found. A spokesman for
by Donna Rachel Edmunds20 Jul 2015, 5:05 AM PST0

The SNP is escalating its efforts to disrupt governance in England and irk the Tories. Nicola Sturgeon confirmed the party will continue interfering in English only laws, and an SNP MP said their next target is the English “assisted suicide”
by Liam Deacon15 Jul 2015, 7:54 AM PST0

The government has suspended a vote on relaxing the hunting ban in England, which would have brought the law in line with Scotland, after the SNP broke their commitment to not interfere with solely English laws. An official SNP statement
by Liam Deacon14 Jul 2015, 3:08 AM PST0

Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has threatened the Prime Minister David Cameron with a new Scottish independence referendum unless he fails to deliver more powers to the Scottish parliament, of which she just happens to be First Minister. In the
by Donna Rachel Edmunds15 May 2015, 2:54 AM PST0

Nicola Sturgeon told party loyalists in Dumfries tonight that the prospect of a hung parliament at Westminster was a major opportunity to push “progressive politics” onto the whole UK. The First Minister pledged that SNP MPs would fight to end
by Andre Walker4 May 2015, 9:59 AM PST0

Nicola Sturgeon has said Scotland would demand a second independence referendum should the UK vote to leave the EU. The SNP leader, whose MEPs sit with the Greens and Welsh nationalists in the European Party to form one of its
by A.B. Sanderson21 Apr 2015, 5:21 AM PST0

An increasingly confident Nicola Sturgeon is ready to ‘punish’ Westminster for the perceived failure of Scotland to break away from the Union at last year’s independence vote. She said English politicians who begged Scotland to stay should not complain if the
by Simon Kent18 Apr 2015, 4:20 AM PST0

An inquiry has been ordered into how a civil servant’s account of a meeting between Nicola Sturgeon and the French Ambassador was leaked to the Telegraph. The memo contained the revelation that Sturgeon had admitted that she would rather see
by Donna Rachel Edmunds5 Apr 2015, 7:50 AM PST0

Scotland’s biggest conservation charities have called for an overhaul of the planning system, citing fears that Scotland’s government is too biased towards wind energy. Alarmed by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s ambitions for even more wind farms in Scotland, they have
by Donna Rachel Edmunds3 Mar 2015, 8:06 AM PST0

The leader of the Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon has said her MPs will vote on English health matters to protect funding for Scotland’s NHS. The separatist party, which has six MPs in the House of Commons, traditionally has a
by A.B. Sanderson21 Jan 2015, 8:28 AM PST0