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How radical are the SNP's proposals on gender recognition?
As regards the proposals being put forward by the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) for a change in Scots law, making recognition of gender change available to anyone over the age of 16, with no ...
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What happens to Scotland energy if it leaves the UK? [closed]
If Scotland leaves the UK and joins the EU, does its current arrangement with England change?
I understand the EU has some sort of a system to distribute energy among members. If Scotland becomes part ...
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Has a Prime Minister ever been appointed while in Scotland before?
Liz Truss recently met the Queen in her Scottish residence Balmoral to be invited to form a government as Prime Minister. Usually this meeting would be performed in Buckingham Palace in London, but on ...
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Can Scotland hold an informal independence opinion-poll without Westminster's consent?
Yesterday, Nicola Sturgeon said that she would hold an independence referendum before 2023.
Our democratic mandate to allow people to decide the country's future is beyond question. And at this ...
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Arguments for Scotland in non-EU United Kingdom?
Last referendum about it took place in 2014, and Scotland elected to stay in the United Kingdom. One of then Prime Minister David Cameron's main arguments was that independent Scotland would be ...
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How are UK devolved nation’s budget deficits funded?
The Scottish Government has tax raising powers and, over the past several years, expanded spending powers too.
However, I’m wondering how budget deficits for these devolved administrations are funded. ...
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What obligations exist for Scottish Ministers to report meetings to the civil service?
Yesterday Nicola Sturgeon gave evidence to the committee of the Scottish Parliament examining her involvement in the inquiry into allegations against Alex Salmond. Part of that examination involved ...
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How many pro independence Scottish voters are pro EU membership
It seems (to me, from a distance) that the SNP argument for a Scottish independence push is predicated on the idea that an independent Scotland will join the EU. Is there any good quality data ...
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Are Members of Scottish and Welsh Parliaments called "Honourable"?
Members of Parliament in the House of Commons are referred to as "Honourable" or "Right Honourable".
I understand why some members are Honourable and others Right Honourable.
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Would the rest of the UK lose anything more than honor if Scotland exits the UK?
The nations of the UK are independent nations that share resources with each other, and sometimes a feeling of oneness and fraternity is seen among the good people of that land. Emotions are ...
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Why is a second Scottish referendum proposed?
Majority of the people voted to stay together in the 2014 referendum. Why is a second referendum proposed? Does it have something to do with Brexit?
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Does statutory recognition of the Sewel Convention warn against codifying conventions?
As amended by the Scotland Act 2016, section 28(8) of the Scotland Act 1998 states:
But it is recognised that the Parliament of the United Kingdom will not normally legislate with regard to devolved ...
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How has the Scottish Government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic differed from that of the UK Government?
As healthcare is a devolved matter in the UK, the Scottish government is broadly responsible for the Scottish response to the pandemic, while the UK government is chiefly responsible for the response ...
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How would Iran have benefited from interference in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum? [closed]
At the end of April, Facebook published a report detailing over 50 networks which were removed from the platform due to 'coordinated inauthentic behavior' (CIB). In particular, over 500 pages, groups, ...
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Why does the Scottish National Party object to being called nationalist?
On a number of occasions in the House of Commons I have noticed MPs, usually Conservatives, referring to the Scottish National Party (SNP) as "the Scottish Nationalist Party", or just "...
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