Sources close to the First Minister said the new blueprint would have a different "shape" and format from the first document, titled Scotland's Future, which cost taxpayers £1.3 million to produce and distribute. … [Read more...] about Nicola Sturgeon’s civil servants continuing to draw up independence ‘White Paper Two’ despite referendum refusal
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Labour leadership hopeful Clive Lewis says Brexit campaign ‘had racism at its heart’
"I have never said that it is because of my colour that I am not being nominated by my parliamentary colleagues, but what I was saying if you want to understand why we haven't had a woman, why we haven't had a person of colour as leader of the Labour Party then we have to look at the entity of the issue." … [Read more...] about Labour leadership hopeful Clive Lewis says Brexit campaign ‘had racism at its heart’
Clive Lewis drops out of Labour leadership race after failing to get nominations
"I have never said that it is because of my colour that I am not being nominated by my parliamentary colleagues, but what I was saying if you want to understand why we haven't had a woman, why we haven't had a person of colour as leader of the Labour Party then we have to look at the entity of the issue." … [Read more...] about Clive Lewis drops out of Labour leadership race after failing to get nominations
Matt Hancock says there is ‘no way’ Nicola Sturgeon will be allowed to hold indyref2 next year
The First Minister responded angrily on social media, claiming “independence supporters and opponents alike” would not accept being told by a Tory prime minister that Scotland was not “allowed” to choose its own future. … [Read more...] about Matt Hancock says there is ‘no way’ Nicola Sturgeon will be allowed to hold indyref2 next year
Nicola Sturgeon isn’t the first SNP leader who felt the need to ‘show off’ to the Irish
It can only have been a pretty pathetic determination to show off that lay behind First Minister Sturgeon’s decision to swank before an Irish audience, rather than her own parliament and people, this week, about when she plans to hold a vote to further help in the break-up of Britain. That, she grandly announced to the Royal Irish Academy, would be held next year instead, as previously intimated, in the run-up to the Holyrood elections in 2021. … [Read more...] about Nicola Sturgeon isn’t the first SNP leader who felt the need to ‘show off’ to the Irish
