It's Scotland's oil
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"It's Scotland's oil" was a widely publicised political slogan used by the Scottish National Party during the 1970s in making their economic case for Scottish independence. It was argued that the disc
An oil drilling rig in the North Sea
A banner by the Radical Independence Campaign at COP26 in 2021
Scottish National Party
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The Scottish National Party is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic political party in Scotland. It holds 57 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament and 8 out of the 57 Scottish seats in t
It's Scotland's oil
…It's Scotland's oil" was a widely publicised political slogan used by the Scottish National Party (SNP) during the 1970s in making their economic case for Scottish independence. It was argued that the discovery of North Sea oil off the coast of…
Alexander MacEwen, the first leader of the Scottish National Party from 1934 to 1936
The first SNP government led by Alex Salmond as First Minister of Scotland, here seated next to Nicola Sturgeon who served as his deputy, in Bute House
Nicola Sturgeon led the party and served as First Minister for eight years from November 2014 to March 2023.
Sturgeon addresses journalists at Bute House over her plans to hold a referendum in 2023, a proposal that would fail after the Supreme Court ruled the parliament didn't have the power.