/newsroom/taxonomy/term/3341/all en /newsroom/channels/news/experts-scottish-national-party-promise-independence-referendum-after-election-win-330996 <p>The Scottish National Party is promising to hold a second independence referendum after election results announced Saturday saw pro-independence candidates gain a majority in the Scottish parliament. In her victory speech, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said her party, which wants to break away from the United Kingdom, had delivered a "historic and extraordinary" win after finishing with 64 seats in the Scottish parliament, one short of a majority. (<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/09/uk/uk-elections-scotland-independence-gbr-intl/index.html" target="_blank">CNN</a>)</p> Tue, 11 May 2021 19:11:41 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 264809 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-brexit-300584 <p>The deadline for Brexit is October 31 and the uncertainty persists. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suspended parliament until October 14 and now a Scottish court ruled that Boris Johnson鈥檚 decision to suspend Parliament was illegal. (<a href="https://beta.washingtonpost.com/world/scottish-court-rules-johnsons-suspension-of-britains-parliament-was-illegal/2019/09/11/84265a36-d40a-11e9-8924-1db7dac797fb_story.html">Washington Post</a>)</p> <p>聽</p> Thu, 12 Sep 2019 16:48:13 +0000 mona.noonoo@mail.mcgill.ca 187971 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-experts-scottish-independence-referendum-238466 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 14:07:16 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 21055 at /newsroom /newsroom/experts/scottish-independence-referendum <p style="text-align:left"><strong> Wed, 28 May 2014 18:09:11 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 20808 at /newsroom