“A vote for the SNP is a vote for a referendum on independence. Based on the 2011 precedent, an SNP majority at this election ...

First Minister John Swinney asked parliament to formally request the transfer of powers from the UK government to Scotland.

Opposition parliamentarians used the debate to raise concerns about the criminality of former SNP chief executive Peter ...

On a sharp morning on the southern edge of Glasgow, Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland and the leader of the Scottish National Party, arrived at a dentist’s office for a photo opportunity ...

Members of the Scottish Parliament are expected to back a call for Westminster to hand over the powers to allow a second ...

John Swinney admitted the SNP has spent the independence fund earmarked for Scottish independence campaigning.

Editor’s note: Judges from Britain’s Supreme Court ruled on November 23rd that Scotland’s devolved parliament cannot pass a law calling for a referendum on independence without the approval of the ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link A clear majority of Scottish people in a new poll are backing independence from the UK. Fifty-five percent of all voters in the poll backed ...

Scotland could hold a second independence referendum as soon as 2028, First Minister John Swinney has said. Speaking ahead of Holyrood elections next month, the SNP leader said it was “perfectly ...

WITH THE possible exception of William Wallace, the best-known Scottish nationalist was, for a while, a woman. In 1967, Winifred Ewing, “a slight, blonde woman in a purple coat” in the words of one ...

The SNP fell one seat short of an absolute majority, winning 64 of the 129 seats available in the Scottish Parliament, but were able to form a pro-independence coalition with the Scottish Greens. The ...

Scotland could be in for a second referendum after voting to stay within the UK in 2014, following the Scottish Parliament's ...