Ã山ǿ¼é News - United Kingdom /channels/news_feeds/all/term/United%20Kingdom/rss en Experts: Scottish National Party promise independence referendum after election win /channels/channels/news/experts-scottish-national-party-promise-independence-referendum-after-election-win-330996 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><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></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gettyimages-600136612.jpg?itok=Uwn2wVgQ" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">11 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 11 May 2021 19:11:42 +0000 webfull 170526 at /channels Expert: Brexit /channels/channels/news/expert-brexit-284366 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>“The government is to release a leaked Brexit analysis that shows the UK economy would be significantly worse off in every modelled scenario, after it decided not to oppose a Labour motion calling for the documents to be issued.†(<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/31/government-will-not-oppose-labour-motion-on-leaked-brexit-papers">The Guardian</a>)</p> <p><a href="/history/brian-lewis"><strong>Brian Lewis</strong></a>, Professor of History, Department of History &amp; Classical Studies, Ã山ǿ¼é</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">31 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2018</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 31 Jan 2018 20:07:31 +0000 webfull 134645 at /channels Expert: UK European Union referendum (Brexit) /channels/news/expert-uk-european-union-referendum-brexit-259211 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>"June 23 has finally been set for the momentous 'in or out' British vote on whether to abandon the 28-nation European Union." (<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/britain-european-union-referendum-1.3456750">CBC</a>)</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">22 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 22 Feb 2016 15:45:59 +0000 webfull 116868 at /channels United Kingdom General Election /channels/news/united-kingdom-general-election-246756 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">7 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 07 May 2015 11:23:01 +0000 webfull 109927 at /channels