Scottish independence is a political movement which advocates for the restoration of Scotland's status as a sovereign state independent from the United Kingdom.
Pro-Scottish independence march in Edinburgh in 2026
A treatise of union of the two realmes of England and Scotland by the English historian Sir John Hayward, 1604
The Debating chamber of the Scottish Parliament, commonly known as Holyrood.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron in Edinburgh to discuss the new powers that Scotland would obtain through the Scotland Act 2016
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
Scottish independence
…Two referendums on devolution were held in 1979 and in 1997, and a devolved Scottish Parliament was established on 1 July 1999. The pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) first became the governing party of the devolved parliament following the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, and it won an outright majority 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.