Equality campaigner Trevor Phillips urges Nicola Sturgeon to allow ALL Scots in UK to get a vote in any independence referendum or risk ‘torpedoing’ any future attempt for Scotland to join the EU Mr Phillips said that excluding thousands of Scots from voting would be unfair Also suggested it contradicts SNP’s own definition of who is a … Read more
Salma Hayek celebrated Mexican Independence Day by undergoing an eye-catching hair transformation on Wednesday. The 54-year-old actress, who was born in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, appeared in high spirits, as she unveiled her freshly-colored strands to her nearly 16 million Instagram followers. In the celebratory footage, which was set to festive music, she showed off sections of her … Read more
The Shetland Islands vote to pursue independence from Scotland – so can Nicola Sturgeon turn them down without torpedoing her own bid for referendum? Council members argued decision-making had become increasingly centralised They said public funding for the islands had been cut under SNP Government Voted in favour of exploring options of ‘financial and political self-determination’ … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon today vowed a fresh push for Scottish independence with a law laying out the timetable for a referendum. The First Minister stoked the raging constitutional row as she unveiled her programme for government, including a Bill that will state the question that would be put to voters north of the border. Ms Sturgeon … Read more
Support for Scottish independence reaches record high of 55% – the exact REVERSE of the 2014 referendum – as Nicola Sturgeon seizes on Boris Johnson’s coronavirus shambles to boost bid to break up the union Breakaway backing now 55-45 in favour, the mirror opposite of 2014 result Pro-independence organisation Business for Scotland commissioned the poll … Read more
A group of heavily-outnumbered police officers fled a mob of hundreds of revellers attending an illegal party celebrating Pakistan Independence Day in locked-down Manchester. Party goers gathered in Manchester’s so-called ‘Curry Mile’ on Friday night, in breach of the city’s reinforced lockdown rules which restrict outdoor gatherings to up to six people with social distancing enforced. Police … Read more
UK government-financed projects in Scotland will fly a Union flag as Boris Johnson battles Nicola Sturgeon’s independence drive PM wants it to figure in same way as EU emblem on Brussels-funded schemes Move due to to come into effect after the transition period ends in December Comes as PM battles strong support for independence in … Read more
A tiny slab of Australian outback that declared independence 50 years ago will finally rejoin the rest of the nation. The Principality of Hutt River was dramatically created on April 21, 1970, and covers just 75sqkm of remote Western Australia with a population of 23. The ‘micronation’ has its own flag and emblem and produces stamps, banknotes, … Read more
Four Hong Kong ‘students’ aged 16 to 21 are detained for ‘urging independence’ from China in the region’s first arrests under its controversial national security law Three males and one female, aged 16 to 21, were arrested across Hong Kong The youths were charged with inciting secession from the Chinese state Police said the group … Read more
Russia may have meddled in both the Scottish independence and Brexit referendums, a highly-anticipated report into allegations of Russian interference in British democracy is set to reveal. The suppressed report – the product of an 18 month-long investigation conducted by parliament’s cross-party Intelligence and Security Committee – is set to be published this week. The … Read more