Scottish independence referendum
![Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar and Deputy Leader of Scottish Labour Jackie Baillie during an event in Edinburgh](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18282971.jpg)
![Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar and Deputy Leader of Scottish Labour Jackie Baillie during an event in Edinburgh](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18282971.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak speaks at the launch of the Scottish Tory manifesto in Edinburgh](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18230686.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak speaks at the launch of the Scottish Tory manifesto in Edinburgh](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18230686.jpg)
![The first page of the SNP's 2024 General Election manifesto](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18211487.jpg)
![The first page of the SNP's 2024 General Election manifesto](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18211487.jpg)
![John Swinney speaks at the launch of the SNP's manifesto in Edinburgh](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18212122.jpg)
![John Swinney speaks at the launch of the SNP's manifesto in Edinburgh](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18212122.jpg)
![Politics is a system of control and politicians are simply players within that system](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16149240.jpg)
![Politics is a system of control and politicians are simply players within that system](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16149240.jpg)
NEWSLETTER
![The Wee Ginger Dug reflects on the Scottish leaders' debate on Tuesday evening](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18188871.jpg)
![The Wee Ginger Dug reflects on the Scottish leaders' debate on Tuesday evening](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18188871.jpg)
REAL SCOTTISH POLITICS
![A new podcast co-hosted by Scottish Left Review and Skotia will confront the questions facing Scotland a decade after the referendum](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18049714.jpg)
![A new podcast co-hosted by Scottish Left Review and Skotia will confront the questions facing Scotland a decade after the referendum](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18049714.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![According to the census, fewer Scots are identifying as both Scottish and British](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18120344.jpg)
![According to the census, fewer Scots are identifying as both Scottish and British](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18120344.jpg)
Exclusive
![The housing crisis will not be resolved by grandiose statements of recognition](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17758405.jpg)
![The housing crisis will not be resolved by grandiose statements of recognition](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17758405.jpg)
LETTERS
![Stewart Kirkpatrick writes on the 2014 Yes referendum, and his new campaign that could help learn from the defeat](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18076111.jpg)
![Stewart Kirkpatrick writes on the 2014 Yes referendum, and his new campaign that could help learn from the defeat](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18076111.jpg)
COMMENT
![A Yes supporter photographed walking after the results of the 2014 referendum were announced](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18075710.jpg)
![A Yes supporter photographed walking after the results of the 2014 referendum were announced](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18075710.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![John Swinney set out his views on the path to independence in an article for The National](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18059107.jpg)
![John Swinney set out his views on the path to independence in an article for The National](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18059107.jpg)
LETTERS
![Unifying the independence movement has been set out as a focus of the new First Minister](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18070456.jpg)
![Unifying the independence movement has been set out as a focus of the new First Minister](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18070456.jpg)
LETTERS
![New SNP leader John Swinney pictured at Glasgow University today](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18049407.jpg)
![New SNP leader John Swinney pictured at Glasgow University today](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18049407.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![New SNP leader John Swinney speaking at Glasgow University today](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18049168.jpg)
![New SNP leader John Swinney speaking at Glasgow University today](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18049168.jpg)
![The SNP leadership contender said the party had to 'win more hearts and minds behind independence'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18041817.jpg)
![The SNP leadership contender said the party had to 'win more hearts and minds behind independence'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18041817.jpg)
![Scottish Labour are looking to regain seats in the central belt](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18034194.jpg)
![Scottish Labour are looking to regain seats in the central belt](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18034194.jpg)
NEWSLETTER
![Everyone has a place in the debate over Scottish independence, not just those who already support it](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18029836.jpg)
![Everyone has a place in the debate over Scottish independence, not just those who already support it](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18029836.jpg)
COMMENT
![Humza Yousaf and Ash Regan pictured at the announcement of the results of the SNP leadership race](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17381173.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf and Ash Regan pictured at the announcement of the results of the SNP leadership race](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17381173.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![There was no opportunity for division to arise until activists had idle time in the wake of the referendum](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18003999.jpg)
![There was no opportunity for division to arise until activists had idle time in the wake of the referendum](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18003999.jpg)
Letters
![Scotland can make its voice heard through a convention](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17992133.jpg)
![Scotland can make its voice heard through a convention](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17992133.jpg)
NEWSLETTER
![A young Yes supporter joins the chanting as older activists discuss the day](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17992770.jpg)
![A young Yes supporter joins the chanting as older activists discuss the day](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17992770.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![Pro-independence marchers in Glasgow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10901936.jpg)
![Pro-independence marchers in Glasgow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10901936.jpg)
COMMENT
![Thousands march down Union Street in Aberdeen to show there support for Scottish independence](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17985153.jpg)
![Thousands march down Union Street in Aberdeen to show there support for Scottish independence](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17985153.jpg)
COMMENT
![Believe In Scotland and Yes For EU rally crowds in front of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17980818.jpg)
![Believe In Scotland and Yes For EU rally crowds in front of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17980818.jpg)
COMMENT
![Stephen Flynn faced jeers from the Tory benches as he brought up independence at PMQs](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17978089.jpg)
![Stephen Flynn faced jeers from the Tory benches as he brought up independence at PMQs](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17978089.jpg)
WATCH
![Pro-independence marchers in Bannockburn, 2018](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17971830.jpg)
![Pro-independence marchers in Bannockburn, 2018](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17971830.jpg)
COMMENT
![The SNP have seized on an admission about Scottish independence from Gordon Brown](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17971487.jpg)
![The SNP have seized on an admission about Scottish independence from Gordon Brown](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17971487.jpg)
![Gordon Brown has admitted the independence campaign is stronger than Unionism](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17968920.jpg)
![Gordon Brown has admitted the independence campaign is stronger than Unionism](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17968920.jpg)
![Scottish independence supporters at a Believe in Scotland rally in Edinburgh](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17960079.jpg)
![Scottish independence supporters at a Believe in Scotland rally in Edinburgh](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17960079.jpg)
NEWSLETTER
![Delegates from across Europe will be heading to Scotland to take part in the Young Scots for Independence conference](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10971855.jpg)
![Delegates from across Europe will be heading to Scotland to take part in the Young Scots for Independence conference](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10971855.jpg)
COMMENT
![The event is set to take place in Stirling next month](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12476810.jpg)
![The event is set to take place in Stirling next month](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12476810.jpg)
![Michael Gove is the Tory government's Minister for Intergovernmental Relations](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17936747.jpg)
![Michael Gove is the Tory government's Minister for Intergovernmental Relations](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17936747.jpg)
![Tickets have gone on sale for the showing plus a Q&A with award-winning director Jane McAllister](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17919770.jpg)
![Tickets have gone on sale for the showing plus a Q&A with award-winning director Jane McAllister](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17919770.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![Humza Yousaf has said he will ask Keir Starmer to allow another independence referendum if Labour form the next government](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17909562.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf has said he will ask Keir Starmer to allow another independence referendum if Labour form the next government](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17909562.jpg)
![Jeremy Corbyn believes support for independence will grow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17886011.jpg)
![Jeremy Corbyn believes support for independence will grow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17886011.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![Rory Stewart suggested England should have a say in Scottish independence](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17879469.jpg)
![Rory Stewart suggested England should have a say in Scottish independence](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17879469.jpg)
![Murray Foote, left, has claimed he has supported independence for as long as he can remember](/resources/images/128x89/1x/7930069.jpg)
![Murray Foote, left, has claimed he has supported independence for as long as he can remember](/resources/images/180x180/1x/7930069.jpg)
![File photograph of euro notes of different denominations](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17818507.jpg)
![File photograph of euro notes of different denominations](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17818507.jpg)
COMMENT
![Generic photograph of euro notes of different denominations](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17818523.jpg)
![Generic photograph of euro notes of different denominations](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17818523.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![Sara Salyers (left) founded Salvo less than two years ago](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17811955.jpg)
![Sara Salyers (left) founded Salvo less than two years ago](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17811955.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![Jamie Hepburn and Ash Regan clashed over their respective parties plans to secure independence](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17783269.jpg)
![Jamie Hepburn and Ash Regan clashed over their respective parties plans to secure independence](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17783269.jpg)
WATCH
![Some stakeholders felt that reporting surrounding the 2014 referendum was 'ideologically rooted in a form of liberal unionism'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17772724.jpg)
![Some stakeholders felt that reporting surrounding the 2014 referendum was 'ideologically rooted in a form of liberal unionism'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17772724.jpg)
comment
![First Minister Humza Yousaf speaking at the SNP conference](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17036055.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf speaking at the SNP conference](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17036055.jpg)
LETTERS
![John Swinney and Nicola Sturgeon in the Scottish Parliament](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11679597.jpg)
![John Swinney and Nicola Sturgeon in the Scottish Parliament](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11679597.jpg)
COMMENT
![Believe in Scotland and Yes for EU's march in Edinburgh in 2023](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17183792.jpg)
![Believe in Scotland and Yes for EU's march in Edinburgh in 2023](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17183792.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![An SNP councillor has quit the party over its independence strategy](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17750649.jpg)
![An SNP councillor has quit the party over its independence strategy](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17750649.jpg)
![It is this threat to Scotland’s independent judiciary that provides a significant opportunity for action](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17672413.jpg)
![It is this threat to Scotland’s independent judiciary that provides a significant opportunity for action](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17672413.jpg)
LETTERS
![If we follow the right steps and use the Treaty of Union democratically, it’s possible that, come the next election, we will have the chance to run an indy vote](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13702236.jpg)
![If we follow the right steps and use the Treaty of Union democratically, it’s possible that, come the next election, we will have the chance to run an indy vote](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13702236.jpg)
LETTERS
![Top pollster John Curtice joins The National's podcast](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17731158.jpg)
![Top pollster John Curtice joins The National's podcast](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17731158.jpg)
PODCAST
![Steve Baker speaking on ITV's Peston show](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17722889.jpg)
![Steve Baker speaking on ITV's Peston show](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17722889.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![Flynn said he backs a constitutional convention on Scottish independence - after the General Election](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17721051.jpg)
![Flynn said he backs a constitutional convention on Scottish independence - after the General Election](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17721051.jpg)
![The big constitutional questions facing the UK will not disappear with the challenges facing the SNP, according to former civil servant Professor Ciaran Martin](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17712404.jpg)
![The big constitutional questions facing the UK will not disappear with the challenges facing the SNP, according to former civil servant Professor Ciaran Martin](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17712404.jpg)
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