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...Both the Conservatives and Labour have said they are opposed to another plebiscite after Scots voted by 55-45 per cent in favour of remaining in the UK in 2014....
...As Derek Hatton, former deputy leader of Liverpool City Council, will attest, there is significant Westminster oversight of English local authorities....
...Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross on Wednesday cited the legislation, which his party opposed, as he called on voters to back the Tories in the UK general election expected this year....
...“We are fortunate to have a Muslim as leader and Labour leader, they represent Islam,” said Humza Hafiz, 22....
...“Scottish ‘kilts’ could be a financial innovation too far” — the headline on your leader (FT View, October 23) on Scotland’s plans to issue its own bonds is obvious to any true Scot who knows that beneath...
...William of Orange, the Protestant leader of the Dutch Revolt, was assassinated in 1584 after Philip II of Spain put a bounty on his head....
...A furious Douglas Ross, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, has pledged not to vote on the measure....
...And with roughly half of Scots still backing independence, others fear that no discernible change under a Labour government could stoke nationalist sentiment....
...At its party conference last week, the SNP leader and Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf said his government would issue its own bonds for the first time, to finance infrastructure developments....
...The SNP leader also announced a plan to freeze council tax in Scotland....
...His efforts to argue a good result in the coming UK-wide election would give a mandate for a new referendum are failing to enthuse Scots more concerned about the economy and public services....
...Yet the outgoing Scottish National party leader’s achievement in entrenching support for independence at a little under 50 per cent was not matched by her record in government....
...Nearly half of Scots currently favour independence....
...vote, in which Scots decided to remain in the UK by 55-45 per cent....
...Donald Cameron, shadow constitution secretary for the Scottish Conservatives, said Scots would be “appalled” at the SNP’s priorities....
...That months of Wagner’s unchecked insubordination and insults had culminated in a mutiny, and that the chief perpetrators of that humiliation had apparently got away scot-free, inflated hopes that Putin’...
...Might being the market leader in a given field lead to complacency? If so, that’s a danger for John Grisham, who has been capo of the legal thriller for decades....
...There was much talk about how his response had boosted his stature as a leader....
...The boards of large companies typically choose leaders with at least some relevant industry experience. They have increasingly sought chief executives with chief executive experience as well....
...He offers not a mass trawl of Weidenfeld’s thousands of titles but selected episodes framed by 19 landmark books, from Nabokov’s censorship-busting Lolita to Antonia Fraser’s best-selling Mary, Queen of Scots...
...Douglas Ross, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, said Yousaf’s victory showed that the SNP was moving “further and further away from the real priorities” of Scots....
...He will tell a special convention in Dundee on Saturday that this is the only way to overcome London’s refusal to endorse a second plebiscite, after Scots voted 55-45 per cent for remaining in the UK in...
...The 53-year-old Scot is well liked by investors and is credited with being across the details of the business, having served as a useful foil for Looney’s salesman-esque side....
...But opposition parties said Yousaf’s plans showed he was of touch with Scots who were focused on the cost of living crisis....
...The 53-year former captain in the Scots Guards was first elected as an MP in 2005, and before that spent four years as a member of the Scottish parliament....
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