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Support for independence doesn’t depend on the departing SNP leader, but her successor will need a new plan.
Nicola Sturgeon’s surprise resignation press conference.
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What does the future hold for Scottish independence and the SNP after Nicola Sturgeon?
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Nicola Sturgeon has announced plans for indyref2. An expert explains what’s changed since the last time.
Scottish Green co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater are the UK’s first green party ministers.
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A green party is in government in the UK for the first time.
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Very few people in Scotland identify as ‘European’ – so EU membership is not the big draw some might hope.
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Read the constituency results to understand where the independence debate heads next.
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When should you tune in for the big announcements over the weekend?
Nicola Sturgeon, first minister of Scotland and Douglas Ross, the Scottish Conservative Party leader, in a pre-election debate.
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A transcript of episode 13 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, including new research on neuroplasticity in the brain.
Kezia Dugdale was Scottish Labour leader from 2015-17.
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Ahead of the Scottish election on May 6, the former Scottish Labour leader explains what’s at stake – and what could happen next.
Nicola Sturgeon wants to use a mandate at the May 6 elections to argue for a second independence referendum.
Plus, how researchers have discovered a biological switch that can turn neuroplasticity on and off in the brain. Listen to episode 13 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Busted flush?
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There’s everything to play for as Scotland counts down to May 6.
She’s back.
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Those who talk down an independent Scotland’s prospects are not factoring in one of its biggest natural resources.
Let battle commence …
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Economics is set to dominate the debate, just like last time around.
How’d you figure that, Boris?
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It might not have been good for Johnson, but things seem to be working out well for Scottish workers.
The prime minister may be assured that this issue will not be going away any time soon as Nicola Sturgeon makes a democratic case for transferring powers rather than a legal one.
Nicola Sturgeon in Glasgow on election night.
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Independence support in Scotland is now at critical levels. The ball is in the UK prime minister’s court.
‘Come and have a go, Boris.’
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At first glance it seems like a strange strategy to go big on another independence referendum when half of Scots would vote No.
Jez-ebel.
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With Labour in danger of coming fourth in Scotland, they could have done without fresh independence trouble.
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Scotland is eyeing another independence referendum and now Wales wants in on the act. England feels left behind and Northern Ireland is at the centre of the Brexit impasse. Things aren’t fine.
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The ruling party took three of six seats in the European Parliament.