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Burnham's Brexit referendum U-turn will backfire
Andy Burnham has indicated that the United Kingdom can revisit Brexit after 10 years and “we could go all the way” and rejoin the European Union. UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has also said that the “question of Europe was not settled forever”.
Quite right. A decade is a long time in politics. Circumstances change, public opinion changes and millions of new voters join the electoral roll. No democratic decision should permanently deny future generations their say.
Wellbeing Economy and Pension policy pushes independence support to 63%
The point of our latest Norstat poll was not simply to ask whether Scotland would vote Yes or No in a referendum held tomorrow. We wanted to test what kind of independence Scotland’s people might actually vote for. Message testing is really important and it needs to be followed up on with focus groups and further debate. However, the key thing is that message testing doesn't just tell you where support is but where it is actually possible to take the support level with a bit of political courage and imagination.
Burnham attack on Scottish pensions to fund English Care system backfires
Andy Burnham’s plan to raid Scottish pensions to fund free personal care for English pensioners is going down like cold chips in Scotland. On the podium at the Labour Party conference, the UK PM said he would break the triple lock, which has been very gradually raising the UK state pension since it was introduced in 2011. Early in his term in office, Keir Starmer attacked the Winter Heating Allowance, which disproportionately affected Scottish pensioners in our colder climate. Now Burnham is attacking pensions again by ending the triple lock.
Burnham is wrong - Scotland needs independence to tackle the cost of living
Andy Burnham’s big conference speech had little to offer Scotland. He mentioned Scotland only once - to say that he was determined not to be the last PM of the UK - because it would have upset his dad.
Burnham did not mention Scotland’s right to choose its own constitutional future. Last week, a huge majority of MSPs backed a motion in Holyrood that Scotland is a nation with a right to decide. Burnham ignored that democratic mandate.
Celtic Exit poll finds Yes rises to almost 60% as national civic movements meet.
New polling has found that support for Scottish independence rises to almost 60% if Scottish voters become convinced that Northern Ireland is moving towards a united Ireland and Wales towards independence.
New poll finds independence Support rises to 65% with Farage as Prime Minister
Written by Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp
Nigel Farage and Reform UK may be generating some pretty bad press in the last few weeks, but nobody should assume that means the possibility of a Reform government has disappeared.
Three democratic tests aced - one result: Scottish voters Demand the right to choose their future
Yesterday the Scottish Parliament debated what should be a simple democratic principle: Scotland is a sovereign nation and has the right to decide its own future.
BREAKING: New poll debunks Unionist claims that Holyrood delivered a pro-Union majority
Our new poll completely destroys claims that Holyrood party votes can be counted as Pro-union votes.
BREAKING: New poll finds Burnham’s indyref2 test met: Yes 52%, 67% say another referendum should happen
A new Scotland-wide poll has found that two-thirds of people who express a view believe the UK Government should agree to another independence referendum when there is clear majority public support for holding one. And that majority support already exists!
Media Watch - The Indy News That Panicked The Press
The three First Ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland met in Cardiff this week, where they signed a Memorandum of Understanding explicitly stating that "Westminster's time is coming to an end". They declared that no UK Government has the right to "block democracy" or deny referendums on self-determination.
Scottish Independence - A Historic Celtic Alliance Is Taking Shape
The meeting today in Cardiff of the leaders of the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Féin could prove to be a genuinely historic moment, not only for Scottish independence but for the future of the now not so united UK itself.
Burnham forced to agree terms for Indyref2 that already exist!
Andy Burnham has stated that majority public support in Scotland for a second independence referendum will be the indyref2 trigger.
The BBC lets down Scotland - again - over Commonwealth Games
Despite promising to do better for Scotland, the BBC is delivering fewer local output hours, reduced news coverage, and substantially less investment in original Scottish content than at almost any point over the past seven years. The row over the Commonwealth Games has added to the anger.
How long will Labour Lords be allowed to deny Scotland’s democratic rights?
Anas Sarwar failed to win the constituency he stood in the Scottish Parliament elections earlier this year. Yet now he has a lifelong seat in Westminster. Scots can never, ever vote him out!
Why Norway Chose to Become an Independent Country - Lessons for Independent Scotland
Norway, of course, is one of the richest countries on the planet - in part due to its sovereign wealth fund which holds a share of the oil profits from Norwegian waters and stands at $2.3 trillion. It is also one of the most egalitarian, with a strong sense of social cohesion. Norway celebrates its national day...