These most arch of rivals overcame extreme personal hatred to share the two top Assembly jobs: deputy first minister and first minister.
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That power-sharing arrangement means nationalists and unionists in the region must work together, with the First Minister and Deputy First Minister leading the executive.
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Both the first minister and the deputy first minister made commitments during the assembly's first sitting on Saturday to put the health service before party politics.
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"This is a momentous day," Johnson said in a statement after Northern Ireland's elected Assembly returned to work and swore in a First Minister and Deputy First Minister.
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Obama dropped by a meeting on Tuesday between Vice President Joe Biden, Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, the White House said in a statement.
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The province's First Minister Arlene Foster and her Democratic Unionist Party are in favor of Britain's leaving, while the Sinn Fein party of Irish nationalist Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness is against.
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Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, wants to explore the idea.
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Scotland's First Minister has already announced she won't meet him.
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" Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon called it a "grubby, shameless deal.
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Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister, is likely to avoid meeting him.
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Northern Ireland's First Minister Arlene Foster called it "disgraceful and despicable".
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Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, demanded treatment similar to that Mrs.
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Johnson met First Minister Arlene Foster of the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party and Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill of Irish nationalists Sinn Fein on arrival at the Stormont estate, seat of the Northern Ireland government.
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" Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, meanwhile, he likened to a "voracious weasel.
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But Peel said the Scottish First Minister was on the back foot.
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In January Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, the Assembly's deputy first minister, resigned.
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Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has called for a new independence referendum.
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Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, said it vindicated her government's approach to Brexit.
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Without a republican deputy first minister in place, the devolved government was suspended.
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First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon tweeted saying Trump's actions were not okay.
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Johnson was in Edinburgh on Monday to meet Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
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Before Gandhi's death in January 1948, she became India's first Minister of Health.
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McGuinness also quit his role as Deputy First Minister this month, in protest over the First Minister Arlene Foster's handling of a botched green energy scheme dubbed 'Cash for Ash' that is due to cost U.K. taxpayers over £1BN ($1.2BN).
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McGuinness also quit his role as Deputy First Minister this month, in protest over the First Minister Arlene Foster's handling of a botched green energy scheme dubbed 'Cash for Ash' that is due to cost U.K. taxpayers over £1BN ($4BN).
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Mrs Sturgeon, who is also Scotland's first minister, remains powerful—but she is damaged.
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Mrs Sturgeon, who is also Scotland's first minister, remains powerful, but she is damaged.
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On August 14th the Scottish first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, described the mess as "embarrassing".
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The first minister also unveiled a series of new policies, some of them innovative.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Saturday led Scotland's largest-ever LGBT Pride march.
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The first minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, released her tax return over the weekend.
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Scotland's pro-EU first minister said she wanted to open negotiations directly with Brussels.
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About two decades later, he became the first minister with a weekly television show.
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Speakers included London's mayor, Sadiq Khan, and the first minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon.
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Jews were jurists and government officials; one was even the first minister of finance.
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Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister, insists Scotland will hold one if Brexit takes place.
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EDINBURGH — Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's formidable first minister, knows how to play the long game.
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Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones told reporters that a deal was "close" after the meeting.
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Foster was First Minister of Northern Ireland until its power sharing government collapsed in January.
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He said that he spoke to Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, and resigned last night.
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Dated ten years from now, it addressed him as 'First Minister of an Independent Scotland.
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Nicola Sturgeon is the First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party.
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Scotland's first minister is a woman, and so are the main two Scottish opposition leaders.
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He was appointed Nicaragua's first minister of culture after the Sandinistas overthrew the dictator Gen.
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He had previously served as an assistant minister in Detroit, and first minister in Boston.
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Kaddour is the first minister targeted in a crackdown on corruption that Chahed launched last year.
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He is probably the first minister to quote E.F. Schumacher, an economist, to a farming conference.
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Thursday she would publish draft proposals for a new national ballot.
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"This raises fundamental issues above and beyond that of EU membership," the Scottish First Minister said.
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Where First Minister Nicola Sturgeon herself helped one gay man pop the question to his boyfriend?
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon revealed plans by the UK government to impose "stringent measures" imminently.
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She is the first minister to resign since the Ardern's coalition took office in late 2017.
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Those in Scotland might stay closed until the summer break, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said.
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Arlene Foster, Northern Ireland's First Minister said Friday there would not be a vote on the border.
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Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish first minister, has already published a draft bill for a new independence referendum.
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Last September Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister, announced plans to extend the notional minimum to one year.
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But "as first minister of Scotland, I'm not going to decline to meet president Trump," she said.
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Last week, he was booed when he arrived in Edinborough to meet Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.
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"The Scottish first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said "a prime minister with any honor would tender his resignation.
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On Tuesday, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon laid out her party's political plans for the next year.
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Before he was the United States' third president, Jefferson was the first minister to France in 1785.
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He wore an official military uniform for the occasion and was joined by Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.
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Standing down McGuinness led Northern Ireland's government with First Minister Arlene Foster of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
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Martin McGuinness, the deputy first minister from the opposition Sinn Fein party, resigned, which may force an election.
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What was the first minister—herself a prominent face of the Remain campaign—going to do about that?
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No one personifies this Faustian pact more starkly than Ms. Zadic, Austria's first minister with a migrant background.
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His successor as leader and first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has long described him as her mentor and friend.
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The Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has indicated that a second referendum on Scottish independence is "highly likely".
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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has called for a second referendum vote in late 2018 due to Brexit.
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Certainly it is clear that the First Minister (Nicola Sturgeon) is not as popular as she once was.
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Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, said the ruling was an important vindication of her government's approach to Brexit.
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Yet Nicola Sturgeon, the leader of the Scottish National Party and Scotland's first minister, is in no rush.
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Against this backdrop, Brexit -- as Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Monday -- is turning into a disaster.
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"It is only right that we address this historic wrong," First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the Scottish parliament.
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"The investiture of a new first minister is likely to be a protracted and noisy process," Barroso said.
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At a government meeting on Thursday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was "absolutely horrified" by the picture.
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A fount of self-taught legal and historical knowledge, Mr. Hill describes himself as Forvik's acting first minister.
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Nor is it right for it to be overridden by a prime minister, or, indeed, a first minister.
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Then, Scotland's first minister proposed another vote to break away from Britain, ending the 300-year union between them.
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This week the Scottish Parliament backed the demand of its first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, for a second independence referendum.
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The first minister is not without her critics inside the party, hyper-centralised and stage-managed though it is.
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Scotland's first minister said earlier that the Scottish parliament would not consent to the UK legislation as it stands.
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Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland, has suggested that her Parliament could withhold consent, sparking a constitutional crisis.
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The couple were accompanied by Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, on a service from London to Tweedbank in 2015.
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Peace process rules mean that, because O'Neill won't be nominated as deputy first minister, no government can be created.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Thursday that Brexit had strengthened the case for Scottish independence.
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"Our education system must support everyone to reach their full potential," Deputy First Minister John Swinney said in a statement.
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LONDON — Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been named one of the world's most powerful women on Forbes' annual list.
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IN HER opening policy meeting as Scotland's first minister in 2014, Nicola Sturgeon left no doubt of her priority: education.
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There has been no big change of direction since Ms Sturgeon became first minister, says Jim Gallagher of Oxford University.
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Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, said on Monday the country will start proceedings for a second Scottish referendum on independence.
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It said it would push for the appointment of Scotland's former nationalist first minister, Alex Salmond, as the publisher's chairman.
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The agreement was signed on Monday by Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and the Governor of California Edmund G Brown.
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The 30-megawatt project is set to be officially opened by Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland, later today.
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Among the casualties was Alex Salmond, a former first minister of Scotland and one of the party's highest-profile lawmakers.
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" In yet another, Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland, calls Trump's comments on the Muslim community "deeply, deeply offensive.
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The party suffered heavy losses, from former First Minister Alex Salmond, to former deputy leader of the party Angus Robertson.
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Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP's leader and first minister of Scotland, was quick to condemn the Spanish court's decision as "dreadful".
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the result was a vindication for her calls for a second Scottish independence referendum.
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Scotland's First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon suggested the EU vote will reignite calls for another Scottish independence referendum.
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The political crisis in the North began last week when Sinn Fein's leader, Martin McGuinness, resigned as deputy first minister.
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Scotland's pro-independence First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is under pressure from some nationalists to push for a second independence vote.
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Last month First Minister Nicola Sturgeon insisted the Loch Ness Monster exists in an interview with ITV&aposs Good Morning Britain.
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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, whose Scottish National Party is agitating for another referendum on leaving the United Kingdom, also complained.
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Alex Salmond, the party's previous leader, who faces allegations of sexual misconduct during his time as first minister in 2007-14.
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There the dominance of Nicola Sturgeon, first minister and leader of the Scottish National Party, matches Mrs May's to the south.
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Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland, is on a rampage, taking names and vowing to keep Scotland in the union.
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Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister Of Scotland has announced that she will start proceedings for a second Scottish referendum on independence.
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"The best future for Scotland is one as an equal, independent European nation," said Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish independence will never be off the table until it happens, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Monday.
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It was reacting to a vote in the Scottish parliament earlier backing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's bid for an independence vote.
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Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland, was acquitted on Monday of sexual offenses that involved accusations from nine women.
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"Our thoughts & prayers are with the family & friends of the patient who has died," said Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster.
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"The ties that bind us together have weakened," said Henry McLeish, a former first minister of Scotland and Labour Party politician.
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was putting on hold plans to introduce legislation that would have demanded a second referendum.
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The Duchess of Cambridge was welcomed to the province by Northern Ireland's First Minister Arlene Foster of the Democratic Unionist Party.
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The two days of negotiations are to be followed by the first minister-level trade talks in more than two months.
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Tootoo, 52, became the first minister to quit Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Cabinet since his Liberal government took power last autumn.
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London (CNN)British Prime Minister Theresa May has appointed what is thought to be the world's first minister for suicide prevention.
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Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland also said she feels bored about Brexit and will have an independent referendum next year.
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But his demands were rebuffed by pro-British First Minister Arlene Foster as well as by Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny.
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" The young mother, who counts Scotland's First Minister Nicola Strugeon as a mentor, adds, "They both said well done on my speech.
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The first minister has grumbled about Scotland being shut out by Theresa May's already markedly controlling and centralising operation in Downing Street.
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Ms Davidson retorts that she is completely focused on building the party in Scotland and eventually replacing Nicola Sturgeon as first minister.
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The probe was "procedurally unfair" and was "tainted with apparent bias", the ruling decreed, before awarding costs to the former first minister.
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And for all Ms Davidson's ribald congeniality, she still has work to do to convince Scots that she could become first minister.
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The popular Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has urged Cameron not to campaign north of the border to avoid putting off voters.
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Alex Salmond, the former Scottish first minister, on Friday predicted his successor Nicola Sturgeon would call a referendum in about two years.
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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who had called the initial ballot "simply indefensible", took to Twitter on Tuesday to express her approval.
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The first minister indicated that she would first speak to EU leaders, to see if Scotland could secure any sort of deal.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Monday she believed Prime Minister Boris Johnson was pursuing a no-deal Brexit.
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Today, Mr. McGuinness is deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, and completely at home in the impure world of mainstream party politics.
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There was empathy from some fellow politicians, including Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, whose Scottish National Party holds its conference beginning Sunday.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the former deputy first minister made an extraordinary contribution to democracy and peace in Northern Ireland.
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The first minister-level meetings in more than two months between the world's two biggest economies are set to begin on Thursday.
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The vote on Tuesday empowers Scotland's pro-independence first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, to formally request a referendum, but she already knows Mrs.
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In Scotland, the first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said Tuesday that the case for a second referendum on independence was growing ever stronger.
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Trouble had been brewing for a while but it came to a head last week when nationalist Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness resigned.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the BBC on Sunday that she would consider urging the Scottish parliament to block such a motion.
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The first minister mentioned only in passing her intention to "consider" calling a second independence referendum "when the terms of Brexit are clear".
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THE LAST time Alex Salmond entered the Court of Session in Edinburgh, it was to be sworn in as first minister of Scotland.
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" Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon waded into the discussion, stating that the name of the shoes "shows what we are still up against.
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The First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon said she expected a referendum to take place sometime between fall next year and spring 2019.
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In real life, the talks led to a 2007 power-sharing body, with Paisley serving as first minister and McGuinness as his deputy.
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LONDON — Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said her party would launch a new drive this summer for Scotland's independence from the United Kingdom.
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Four hundred miles away, Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister for the United Kingdom's northernmost nation of Scotland, appeared before the cameras, dressed in red.
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The Scottish parliament on Tuesday backed First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's bid for a new independence referendum, to be held in 2018 or 2019.
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The leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, Arlene Foster, was confirmed as the new first minister, replacing Peter Robinson following his resignation.
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The First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, has announced details of more than £43 million ($55.7 million) of investment in low-carbon infrastructure.
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Jerry Brown (D-Calif.) and Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland, signed a joint agreement on addressing climate change, BBC News reports.
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If Botero had been forced out, he would have been the first minister in the history of Colombia to be removed by censure.
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Education minister Anne Milton was the first minister to quit on Tuesday, saying she had International Development Secretary Rory Stewart followed shortly after.
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The two have been comrades for more than three decades, with Mugabe making him the country's first minister of national security in 1980.
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He spoke to Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford, who said there was a "deeply concerning lack of detail" from the new prime minister.
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Moreover, First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has announced on Monday that she intends to trigger another referendum on Scottish independence amid Brexit.
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Jefferson was furious when John Adams appointed his son John Quincy Adams, already an accomplished diplomat, as the nation's first minister to Prussia.
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He then became the party's leader, and Mr. Trimble's deputy first minister, in the first power-sharing administration set up under the deal.
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Michelle O'Neill, Sinn Fein Vice President and leader of the second largest party in the Assembly, was sworn in as Deputy First Minister.
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Back then Scottish voters backed remaining in the EU by a significant majority and Sturgeon has continued to oppose Brexit as First Minister.
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Scotland's devolved parliament has approved a second referendum, and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, also leader of the SNP, has championed it in recent months.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Britain looks increasingly likely to leave the European Union next year with no deal, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday.
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During ten years as deputy first minister his authority and charisma have been valuable in assuring republicans that it is worth keeping Stormont going.
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Scotland's pro-independence First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has criticized Madrid's handling of the crisis with its northern region but refrained from backing the declaration.
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Elsewhere on Twitter, Murray earned hefty praise for shutting down casual sexism — including from his mother and Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland.
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Last January, Assembly proceedings shuddered to a halt when the late Martin McGuinness, Sinn Fein's leader in the north, resigned as deputy first minister.
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If Labour hands the opposition baton to the Conservatives, Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP's leader and first minister of Scotland, will not lose any sleep.
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EDINBURGH, July 29 (Reuters) - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Monday she believed Prime Minister Boris Johnson was pursuing a no-deal Brexit.
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The former first minister of Scotland has heaped criticism on the U.K. prime minister just hours before the official triggering of the Brexit negotiations.
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Sinn Féin has said it does not want Foster as first minister without a public inquiry into the renewable heat incentive (RHI) is concluded.
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Mr. Masire and Mr. Khama formed the Botswana Democratic Party, and Mr. Masire became the first minister of finance and the first vice president.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland will start preparing for an independence referendum before May 453 without permission from London, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday.
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First Minister Arlene Foster, who launched the scheme four years ago, apologized, but insisted her party closed it as soon as flaws became apparent.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May's plans to leave the European Union are damaging and inviable, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will say on Tuesday.
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"The President-elect and the First Minister look forward to strengthening the relationship between Scotland and the United States," a statement from Trump's team said.
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Speaking after a meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May in London, Scotland's First Minister struck a more positive tone than she had in recent weeks.
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Until power-sharing broke down a few months ago, she was Northern Ireland's first minister and he had almost co-equal position as her deputy.
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Support for independence was edging up, declared Scotland's first minister and leader of the Scottish National Party, to applause from her MSPs gathered in Holyrood.
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Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said on Saturday that the country would work to protect its EU membership, including preparing for a fresh independence vote.
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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon earlier cautioned that Johnson's agreement would lead to a "much harder Brexit" as compared to previous deals, said the report.
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In March, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon encouraged a group of young people to keep "our fingers crossed" against Donald Trump becoming the next U.S. president.
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Cameron, after all, resigned after losing the Brexit vote, just as Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond resigned in 2014 after losing the Scottish independence referendum.
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Speaking Thursday, Sturgeon, who is Scotland's First Minister, said she was announcing a "political listening exercise" to see if independence was what Scots now wanted.
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Britain's prime minister has chosen to "say nothing" on the upcoming Brexit negotiations to avoid upsetting certain cabinet members, Scotland's First Minister told CNBC Tuesday.
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LONDON — All babies born in Scotland are to receive a cardboard box full of essential items for newborns, Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced.
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Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland and head of the Scottish National Party, has already signaled that Scotland will hold a second independence vote.
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Indeed, a very public war of words has broken out in recent months between himself and the former first minister of the country, Alex Salmond.
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Last year the UK appointed its first minister for loneliness, partly in response to an official study finding that over 9 million residents feel isolated.
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"Severe restrictions on immigration pose a genuine risk to the long-term health of our economy and our society," Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says.
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" Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon added her support to the R&A's stance, saying on Twitter: "Scotland has women leaders in every walk of life.
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Ager-Hanssen told Reuters on Tuesday that Custos would push for the appointment of Scotland's former nationalist first minister Alex Salmond as the publisher's chairman.
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The first minister urged her party to stand up to the "crude populism" she said was espoused by leaders including Boris Johnson and Donald Trump.
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Scotland's First Minister has said Brexit could also trigger another independence referendum if Scots backed staying the EU but were dragged out by the English.
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Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond denied committing any crime after he appeared in court on Thursday, charged with multiple sex offences including attempted rape.
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"I'm pretty sure Donald Trump is a lover of Irn Bru," Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said at an event at Thomson Reuters in London.
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" In Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: "If Brexit is happening (wish it wasn't) staying in single market and customs union is only sensible option.
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On Monday, U.S. and Chinese deputy trade negotiators began two days of talks before the first minister-level negotiations in months on Thursday and Friday.
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" The first minister added that the SNP had a mandate to offer people a choice on independence that was "normal by any standard of democracy.
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Scotland is highly likely to hold a second independence referendum, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Friday, something 48 of 51 respondents polled agreed with.
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A partnership many thought would prove impossible was soon dubbed by the media "the Chuckle Brothers" and allowed McGuinness to become deputy first minister in 2007.
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Former first minister Arlene Foster, whose party was humiliated in the vote and whose father narrowly escaped alive from an IRA shooting, also paid her respects.
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The First Minister of Scotland said she will ask the Scottish Parliament to consider another independence referendum for Scotland since its people mostly voted against Brexit.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday she would consider another vote on independence for Scotland when the British government offers some certainty over Brexit.
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Arlene Foster, Northern Ireland's first minister, came under pressure to quit because of a scandal involving subsidies for renewable energy which could cost taxpayers £490m ($600m).
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Wales's first minister had been in the job for nearly a decade and only last month had told reporters that he had no plans to quit.
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Earlier, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the Scottish government would apply to intervene in the legal case about Article 50, which could further complicate matters.
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"It is now - more than ever - essential that in Scotland we have an alternative option," Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said in a letter to Johnson.
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On Monday, Scotland's First Minister and SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, confirmed she was going to seek parliamentary approval to call a fresh referendum on Scotland's independence.
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The party later cooled its rhetoric, with Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness saying a united Ireland referendum should be held "at some stage in the future".
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While a public enquiry has been established to probe Foster's role, it has not started sittings and the first minister has refused to contemplate standing down.
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"It is good to see climate action high on the agenda of Scotland's First Minister on her trip to the United States," Lou Leonard, WWF-U.
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His three-days-into-the job successor, Theresa May, followed his example and came up to Scotland for talks on Friday with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday she would consider another vote on independence for Scotland when the British government offers some certainty over Brexit .
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon used her speech at her Scottish National Party conference on Tuesday to demand a new independence referendum and a general election.
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House of Commons Speaker John Bercow said it was a "constitutional outrage," while Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon compared it to the actions of a dictatorship.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday that the "sheer intransigence" of the British government over Brexit could lead to a second referendum on independence.
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Contenders include Evaristo Carvalho, vice president of the parliamentary ruling ADI party and a former speaker of parliament and Maria das Neves, a former first minister.
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But while Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has vocally defended her nation's interests with regard to Brexit negotiations, the government in Belfast has been relatively quiet.
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DUBLIN, March 18 (Reuters) - Northern Ireland will close its schools to pupils from Monday due to the coronavirus outbreak, First Minister Arlene Foster said on Wednesday.
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I'm the first minister of energy and climate change, and we've been very active domestically and internationally, so we're not going to shy away from that.
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GLASGOW — Pushing purposefully through the crowd, Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, stops abruptly, her path blocked by a well-wisher cradling a photogenic 22017-month-old.
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Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday that he could not keep Scotland in the United Kingdom against the country's will.
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Prime Minister Theresa May was told Wednesday to come up with a "plan B" for Brexit during a meeting with the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland plans to tackle its "throw-away culture" by introducing a deposit return scheme for drinks containers, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced on Tuesday.
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But the votes in Parliament came hours after the first minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, raised the stakes by demanding a new referendum on Scottish independence.
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The program was set up by the first minister, Arlene Foster, the leader of the Democratic Unionists, and ran hundreds of millions of pounds over budget.
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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has told May that a new more inclusive Brexit plan is urgently needed to protect the economy and bring people together.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon gave expectant mothers a starter kit full of essential items for newborns, kicking off the "baby box" programme that's modelled on Finland's.
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Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon said she still hoped to build support for staying in the EU's single market and customs union - which May has ruled out.
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Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, said last week that the objective in joining the case was not to stop Brexit but to ensure Scotland's voice was heard.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon accused the British government on Monday of "pathetic cowardice" by postponing a key vote on Brexit in the UK parliament.
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From 2007 he and Ian Paisley, the hardline leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), formed an effective, even friendly partnership as first and deputy first minister.
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Less than two years after the last referendum on its membership of the U.K., the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has already called for a further vote.
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Later that day Mrs May forced him to resign from his job as first minister of state, which in effect had made him Britain's deputy prime minister.
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Scotland voted to remain in the EU last June and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said after May spoke that blocking an independence referendum would be undemocratic.
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U.K. prime minister Theresa May has rejected a call from Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to hold a fresh independence referendum before the Brexit process is complete.
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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon defiantly declared her mandate for a second referendum was "beyond question" after she received formal backing by the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday.
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EDINBURGH, April 24 (Reuters) - Scotland should hold an independence referendum before the current Scottish parliamentary term ends in May 2021, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday.
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Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP leader and first minister of Scotland, has declared Brexit would be a "material change" that could lead to unstoppable demands for another referendum.
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The Guardian notes that deputy first minister John Swinney has faced criticism over the fact that the Scottish Environment Protection Agency's budget has been cut by 6%.
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Its first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, promised to fight for Scotland's place in the EU, but France and Spain suggested they would oppose any kind of subnational deal.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson was greeted by a chorus of boos on Monday afternoon when he arrived in Edinburgh to meet with Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
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Piccoli said that, all being well, an investiture vote would take place early next year, triggering the two-month deadline for parliament to elect a first minister.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Prime Minister Theresa May's offer to ask for a Brexit extension "as short as possible" is a potential trap.
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LONDON — Months after appointing its first minister for loneliness, Britain named a minister for suicide prevention as part of a new push to tackle mental health issues.
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Alex Salmond: The former first minister of Scotland was acquitted of sexual offenses that had involved accusations from nine women and included one count of attempted rape.
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The Scottish government also still wants a second independence referendum, though Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon admitted Friday that a vote was unlikely to happen this year.
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Former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond slammed Trump for saying the country shouldn't pursue independence from Great Britain for a second time, according to The Scotsman.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, 64, denied committing any crime after appearing outside court on Thursday having been charged with as yet undisclosed offences.
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McGuinness announced his decision to step down as deputy first minister after Foster refused to step down following an inquiry into the handling a botched green energy program.
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The First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, yesterday confirmed plans to seek approval from the Scottish Parliament for discussions with the UK government on enabling an independence referendum.
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Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister and the SNP's leader, backed a second referendum on the terms of the Brexit deal, which could keep Britain in the European Union.
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One of the few political missteps by Ms Sturgeon as first minister was a premature push for a second independence vote in the wake of the Brexit referendum.
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Despite what you might've heard from Donald Trump, the perfidious Scots are like, totally out of here, with Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon calling for a second referendum.
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By contrast Mrs Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, spent 40 minutes outlining 16 new bills and set aside three days for the Scottish Parliament to debate her many proposals.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said after the Supreme Court ruling that it was becoming "ever clearer" that Scotland needed to rethink its place within the United Kingdom.
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SNP leader and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said it had been a disappointing night for her party, which lost seats to the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats.
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Last month, another letter with similar white powder was sent to Scottish National Party headquarters (the party of Scotland's First Minister Nicole Sturgeon), a close neighbor of Holyroodhouse.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Saturday responded to President Trump's executive order banning refugees and halting immigration from several countries by retweeting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said in a newspaper article on Tuesday that the "sheer intransigence" of the British government over Brexit could lead to a second referendum.
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Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister, pledged to press on with plans to hold a new Scottish referendum as announced earlier this week, deepening a standoff with the UK government.
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In a speech in Edinburgh, the First Minister said that the language of partnership from the United Kingdom had "gone completely" in relation to Scotland's view on Brexit.
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Michael Fallon, a Conservative MP who is now the defence secretary, was appointed the first minister for the city, to "knock heads together" and get the shipyard moving.
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"Today's deal represents a straight bung to keep a weak prime minister and a faltering government in office," said Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones of the Labour party.
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" Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones said in a statement: "Carl was a friend as well as a colleague and I am shocked and deeply saddened by his death.
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Johnson, who met Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, rejected a fresh referendum on Scottish independence after Scots voted 55%-45% to remain in the United Kingdom in 2014.
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Catherine McKenna, the minister responsible for Canada's environmental efforts — and the first minister in the job specifically tasked with climate change — joined Trudeau in his meetings with Obama.
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While Ms. Rudd supports the prime minister's proposed Brexit deal, she became the first minister to publicly discuss a "Plan B" should the proposal not pass through Parliament.
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So did Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland and a leader in the push for Scottish independence, who entered the British Parliament only two years ago.
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They told us that Scotland would leave Britain; in fact, support for separatism has collapsed, and the Scottish first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has shelved her planned independence referendum.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote to Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Tuesday refusing her request to be given the powers to hold another Scottish independence referendum.
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Immediately after the result, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon declared the result in Scotland a "mandate" for her government to push ahead with a second Scottish independence referendum.
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In January McGuinness resigned as deputy first minister, citing the scandal surrounding the so-called "Cash for Ash" renewable energy incentive scheme as his reason for doing so.
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What it means: Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon has made little secret of her desire to launch a second independence referendum should May seek to leave the single market.
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It is only eight months since the previous election when his party, Sinn Fein, came second to the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), whose leader, Arlene Foster, became First Minister.
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Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP, also called on the prime minister to rule out no-deal and to consider a second referendum.
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They boiled over when the DUP's leader and first minister, Arlene Foster, became embroiled in a bungled green-energy initiative that will cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds.
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In an interview with the Sunday Times Magazine, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon discussed a miscarriage she had in 2011, and her experience of being a "childless" female politician.
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Alex Salmond, a former first minister of Scotland and a leading figure in the movement for Scottish independence, resigned from the Scottish National Party amid claims of sexual misconduct.
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JOHN HEATHERSHAWAssociate professor of international relationsUniversity of Exeter Scotland's first minister surely does not have a "right to complain" about not being consulted about Brexit ("Supreme judgment", January 28th).
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With Brexit imminent, First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon announced her plan to seek a second Scottish independence referendum sometime between late 2018 and early 2019, per the BBC.
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Smaller countries' historical disadvantages have largely disappeared, and in terms of economic growth, there's actually a "triumph of the tiny," said Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday she would again consider another vote on independence for Scotland when the British government offers some certainty over Brexit.
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"If you're not, as first minister, prepared to put your neck on the line over the education of our children, then what are you prepared [to do]?" she asked.
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Sinn Fein has said it does not want the DUP to put forward its leader Arlene Foster as first minister until the results of a corruption probe are finalised.
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It added that those conditions have been met, and the guarantee has been approved by the First Minister 1/8Nicola Sturgeon 3/8 on behalf of the Scottish Government.
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LONDON, April 2 (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Prime Minister Theresa May's offer to ask for a Brexit extension "as short as possible" is a potential trap.
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Neither Cameron nor Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon plan to meet him on his visit, which coincides with the result of Britain's referendum on EU membership on June 24.
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They will also be watching Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who is due to lay out plans for Scotland to keep closer ties to the EU after the split.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was booed by some members of the public as he arrived to meet Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh on Monday.
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But Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's shrewd and popular first minister, will want to wait until polls show a settled majority of Scottish voters in favor of leaving the British state.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has pulled out of a journalism conference co-hosted by the BBC after learning that Stephen Bannon had been invited to speak as well.
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EDINBURGH — Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, said Friday that a new referendum on independence in Scotland was "highly likely" now that Britain had voted to leave the European Union.
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This is a long way from the overwhelming majority for separation which Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP's leader and first minister of Scotland, would like before calling for another vote.
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Linkevicius, who in Kiev on Friday became the first minister of an EU country since Ukraine's election to meet President-elect Zelenskiy, said they had discussed the passport issue.
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Though recently re-elected to the Assembly, she had faced calls to resign as Northern Ireland's first minister earlier this year after a scandal over a green energy scheme.
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The Scottish Greens coleader Patrick Harvie has asked First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to use an unexplained-wealth order to get Trump to reveal how he paid for the properties.
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Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said it was "impossible to overstate how devastating" the policy would be to Scotland because of the country's need to attract workers from abroad.
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Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones said it was difficult for the devolved administrations to influence the process when there was so much uncertainty over what the government was seeking.
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Differences over Brexit have strained relations with the British government, and Scotland will start preparing for an independence referendum before May 2021, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon accused the ruling Conservatives on Thursday of jeopardizing the Irish peace process by seeking support to govern from a Northern Irish party.
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After losing a swathe of seats at the election, Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's nationalist first minister, conceded that another referendum on independence should be put off until after the Brexit talks.
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Ewing, who said Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had asked all ministers to initiate such talks, conceded that finding a way to remain in the EU would not be easy.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The leader of Scotland's Conservative Party said on Monday First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's call for a second independence referendum was divisive and pledged to vote against her request.
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Differences over Brexit have strained relations with the government in London, and Scotland will start preparing for an independence referendum before May 2021, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday.
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Under Alex Salmond, who was first minister in 2007-14 and is now a host on RT, a Russian TV channel, the party showed scant interest in public-service reform.
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LONDON – Scotland&aposs first minister has expressed horror at the image of a Scottish government employee gagged and taped to a chair in an alleged bullying incident by her colleagues.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday it was "highly likely" that Scotland would hold a new independence referendum before 2020 after Britain voted to leave the European Union.
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Sticking with Brexit, the First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon announced she would begin proceedings to initiate a second referendum on independence sometime between fall next year and spring 2019.
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Martin McGuinness, a former Irish Republican Army commander who was deputy first minister of Northern Ireland for a decade, has died aged 66, his party, Sinn Fein, announced on Tuesday.
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" BONUS: Scotland Could Leave the U.K. to Stay in EUScottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told reporters on Friday that the possibility of a second Scottish independence referendum is "highly likely.
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Scotland must have a choice on independence at the end of Britain's divorce with the European Union when the exit terms are clear, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday.
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" ARLENE FOSTER, PRO-BRITISH FIRST MINISTER OF NORTHERN IRELAND "There is no way even, if there was a border poll, that it would be in favor of a united Ireland.
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Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, said she would support a second referendum on independence, after one in 2014, that would enable an independent Scotland to remain in the European Union.
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The trip comes after Johnson received a hostile reception in Scotland, where he was booed by large crowds as he arrived to meet with the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said a new independence referendum should be held after Britain voted last year to leave the European Union while most Scots voted to stay.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she will meet European Parliament leaders in Brussels on Wednesday to seek a way for Scotland to remain in the European Union.
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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said while May was no longer certain of increasing her parliamentary majority, she was skeptical about suggestions the Conservatives would lose their current slim majority.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote to Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Tuesday refusing her request to be given the powers to hold another Scottish independence referendum.
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday that Scotland will do whatever it takes to remain in the EU, including potentially blocking legislation on a British exit from the bloc.
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The launch comes a day after Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the country would start preparing for a second referendum on independence before May 2021 without permission from London.
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The official, Martin McGuinness, stepped down as deputy first minister to protest what he called the mishandling of a program that subsidizes the use of renewable energy to heat buildings.
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Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland, has called for a new independence referendum, which would make Scotland an independent country with the aim of remaining within the European Union.
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Many readers were appalled that the encounter between Theresa May, the prime minister, and Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland, had been reduced to a comparison of their bodies.
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But Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has said the SNP would not press for a second independence referendum until it was clear most Scots wanted to leave the United Kingdom.
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So the call by Nicola Sturgeon, head of the Scottish National Party and first minister of Scotland, for another Scottish referendum on independence should come as no surprise to Westminster.
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"If it is possible then of course it will be looked at, which is why I've said that the first minister (Sturgeon) is welcome to pursue any separate arrangements," he said.
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In a 2011 letter to former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, he complained that a bank of wind farms was having an "adverse visual impact" on his Royal Aberdeen Golf Club. —
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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the BBC that it would be "deeply irresponsible" if parliament endorsed May's deal, adding that her party's members of parliament (MPs) would vote against it.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron resigned, Scotland's First minister Nicola Sturgeon hinted at a likely fresh independence vote, and around $2.1 trillion was wiped off the value of global financial markets.
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Scotland should hold an independence referendum before the current Scottish parliamentary term ends in May 2021 and will prepare legislation for this to happen, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday.
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Some nationalists last month called on First Minister Sturgeon, who has made comments in support of Catalonia and its right to self-determination, to recognize Catalonia's independence, but to no avail.
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GLASGOW, Scotland (Reuters) - Scotland will set up a publicly-owned, not-for-profit energy company by 2021 to increase competition and choice for consumers, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday.
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EDINBURGH, May 11 (Reuters) - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told a news conference on Wednesday she was "reasonably confident" Scotland will vote to remain in the EU in next month's referendum.
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"Let us now move forward with hope, hope that civility can return to our politics," outgoing first minister Arlene Foster of the DUP told supporters after her re-election on Friday.
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He said illness and a political crisis triggered by his own resignation as deputy first minister earlier in January had led to him to step down several months earlier than planned.
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The pound had gained 0.4 percent overnight after Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon demanded a fresh Scottish independence referendum but said it should take place at the earliest in late 2018.
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The province's cross-community government - a forced coalition between Irish nationalists and Foster's pro-British Democratic Unionist Party - collapsed last month after Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness resigned as deputy first minister.
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The centenary is also stirring passions in Northern Ireland where the Unionist (pro-British) First Minister, Arlene Foster, called the uprising an act of rebellion against the state that she serves.
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RT said on Monday the mistakes made on the program hosted by former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond simply reflected teething problems, adding that it had "grave concern" about Ofcom's conduct.
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Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister, has asked to be judged on her success in closing the gap between rich and poor pupils, as well as in raising attainment across the board.
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The case has attracted the attention of Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, whose government has no say on immigration but who made a personal appeal on the family's behalf in May.
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Related: The Texit: Britain's EU departure is inspiring more independence movements Meanwhile, Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness on Friday called for a border poll on the unification of Ireland.
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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday success for her Scottish National Party on June 8 would make it impossible for May to stop a new referendum on Scottish independence.
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EDINBURGH, July 29 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was booed by some members of the public as he arrived to meet Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh on Monday.
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Scotland hopes to retain free access to the single market in recognition of its voters' desire to stay in the EU, something First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says is "vital" to business.
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"The last three years have shown, beyond any doubt, that for Scotland the Westminster (UK parliament) system is broken," Sturgeon, who is also Scotland's First Minister, told her party's spring conference.
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"We believe that the time is now right to take a new approach on capital investment," First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told Scotland's parliament as she set out a new legislative programme.
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Complicating matters further is the fact that the power-sharing arrangement in Northern Ireland has stalled since Sinn Fein withdrew support for First Minister Arlene Foster, leading to a snap election.
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The party is currently in negotiations with Sinn Fein over the control of the Northern Ireland Assembly, which has been deadlocked since Martin McGuinness resigned as deputy first minister in January.
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Patrick Harvie, a coleader of the Scottish Greens in the Scottish Parliament, urged First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to employ so-called unexplained-wealth orders to find out more about Trump's finances.
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Northern Ireland's First Minister Arlene Foster said the devolved nations had to be at "the heart of the process" so that issues relevant to them could be tackled as they arose.
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Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister and leader of the SNP, has said that she will request a "section 30 order"—which would grant permission for another referendum—soon after the election.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the BBC on Sunday that it would be a mistake and deeply irresponsible for parliament to endorse Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal.
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Big Oil should do all it can to embrace fast-improving Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the energy industry, according to the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) first minister dedicated to fostering the technology.
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Since then, several women politicians including Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish Conservative Leader Ruth Davidson and shadow home secretary Diane Abbott have all spoken out about the abuse they have faced.
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GLASGOW, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will seek to unite and lead political opposition throughout Britain to any "hard Brexit", according to a speech to be given on Thursday.
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The Belfast government collapsed in January when Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein withdrew over a heating subsidy scandal, saying they were being treated by First Minister Arlene Foster with "deep-seated arrogance".
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The historic tilt in the sectarian balance of power followed a disastrous campaign by the DUP and its leader, Arlene Foster, who has been Northern Ireland's first minister since January last year.
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Carwyn Jones, the first minister of Wales, said the government appeared willing to discuss solutions for the firm's pension deficit, structural challenges and high energy costs that prompted Tata to walk away.
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Britain is expected to formally lodge its request to leave the European Union, but was given another curve ball from Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's call for a new referendum on independence.
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The family´s cause was championed by Scotland´s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon who met them in May and spoke of welcoming immigrants as a boost to skills in Scotland´s workforce.
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Voters in Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to stay in the EU, and Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon has said Scots must not be taken out of the bloc against their will.
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EDINBURGH, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a series of measures to boost the economy on Tuesday, including the creation of a national bank to support investment and innovation.
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And Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, visited Brussels this week to talk to the European Commission's president, Jean-Claude Juncker, about how the EU membership of an independent Scotland might be ensured.
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Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, and Sadiq Khan, mayor of London, have both asked: If Northern Ireland can have "regulatory alignment" with the Single Market and Customs Union, why can't we?
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ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND — The Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon closed out her Scottish National Party conference in Aberdeen with a demand for a second referendum next year, as well as a general election.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said on Sunday she knew little of Britain's plan to leave the European Union, a situation that was "unacceptable" six months after the Brexit vote.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's devolved government will cover the cost of immigration status fees for European Union citizens working in the Scottish public sector after Brexit, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May should suspend the Brexit process and hold another referendum, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday after May's Brexit deal was rejected by lawmakers.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives would pay a high political price for a no-deal Brexit in Scotland, which voted to keep its EU membership, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom had decided to move to the "delay phase" of the coronavirus response that includes more stringent measures to counter the outbreak, Scottish First Minister said on Thursday.
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" Alex Salmond, a former first minister of Scotland whose government granted Mr. Trump planning permission in 153, overruling local officials, now concedes the point, saying, "Balmedie got 10 cents on the dollar.
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" Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) said on Twitter that while she may not have always agreed with Smith, "his dedication to the role was incredible.
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Government-run services in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be boosted a "hundred fold" thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), the country's first minister dedicated to fostering the technology told CNBC Monday.
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Alex Salmond, the nationalist former first minister of Scotland – who called for the impeachment of Britain's Tony Blair for crimes against humanity in Iraq – regards Putin as having restored Russian national pride.
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New U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May met the First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh Friday, in what is seen as an attempt to cool talk of a potential breakup of Britain.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump spoke with First Minister Of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon on Friday in what Trump's transition team described as "a short congratulatory call" on his election victory last month.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said her pro-independence Scottish National Party would not press for a second independence referendum until the majority of Scots wanted to leave the United Kingdom.
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It might be some way down the list of priorities right now, with Brexit and the all-consuming dumpster fire that has followed it understandably the current focus for First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
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"The former first minister has said before that Scotland kind of won the natural lottery twice: We had oil and gas and now we've got renewables, and we're very fortunate to have that."
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According to the poll 49 percent of Scots are against a referendum being held between the autumn of 2018 and the spring of 2019 - the timetable proposed by Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
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Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland, and Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, were both quick to demand that their anti-Brexit voters should benefit from similar treatment to Northern Irish ones.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon has sought confirmation from Prime Minister Theresa May that Britain is urgently seeking a transition agreement with the European Union before the end of the year.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland will do whatever it takes to remain in the European Union, including potentially blocking the legal process behind Britain's exit from the bloc, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday.
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EDINBURGH, June 27 (Reuters) - Scotland's devolved government has dropped immediate plans for a second independence referendum until after the terms of Britain's EU exit are clear, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon accused Theresa May of ignoring Scots over Britain's exit from the European Union after the British Prime Minister indicated that Scotland will not have a veto.
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The Brains made their case public last week, and met with Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in hopes of overturning the decision to deport them, which was to take effect on May 31.
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Scotland's First Minister gave markets a jolt on Monday by demanding the right to hold a new referendum on independence once the negotiations on the terms of Britain's departure are concluded next year.
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So bad was his falling out with the locals, Trump wrote 16 increasingly angry letters to Scotland's then-first minister, the famed Scottish Nationalist Alex Salmond, whom Trump had at one time befriended.
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"Catalan First Minister Carles Puigdemont has suggested that the regional parliament will declare the independence of Catalonia this week," Wolfango Piccoli, co-president of risk consultancy Teneo Intelligence said in a note Monday.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said her devolved government was preparing to present legislation allowing a second independence referendum while continuing discussions on its place within the EU. Scots rejected independence in 2014.
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LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - Scotland will close its schools from Friday and people should not assume they will open again until the end of the summer term, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said.
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Mr. Salmond resigned as first minister and leader of the pro-independence Scottish National Party in 2014, after a referendum in which a majority of Scottish voters rejected proposals for independence from Britain.
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Britain, meanwhile, is expected to formally file its request to leave the European Union, but was given another curve ball from Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's call for a new referendum on independence.
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The launch comes a day after Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the country would start preparing for a second referendum on independence before May 2021 without permission from London because of Brexit.
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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced at the Scottish National Party's (SNP) annual conference last October another independence referendum — dubbed "indyref28500" on social media — will be held in the second half of 6900.
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The petition calls on the chief of police in Scotland, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, as well as aviation authorities to allow the 20-foot balloon to be flown near the golf course.
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To the surprise of many, Mr. McGuinness struck up a warm relationship with a former adversary, Ian Paisley, who, as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, became Northern Ireland's first minister in 2007.
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Whereas the first minister is insisting that the devolved governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have a say in the Brexit negotiations, Ms Davidson, who supported staying in the EU, actually has one.
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She also dismissed comments by Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that the Brexit vote had shifted the debate on Scottish independence just two years after Scots voted by 10 percentage points to reject it.
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Speaking in London, Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said supporters of a so-called hard Brexit have been left "dead in the water" by May's failure to secure a majority in last week's election.
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In one year as first minister the DUP's leader, Arlene Foster, has proved to be a flinty head of government who, nationalists complain, shows little flexibility in her dealings with Mr McGuinness and others.
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Mr McGuinness's resignation as deputy first minister has brought the operation of Belfast's devolved administration to a shuddering halt, since its rules demand that it be jointly headed by a unionist and a republican.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland plans to phase out new petrol and diesel cars by 2032, eight years earlier than under proposals set out by the London government, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday.
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"WHAT kind of country do we want to be?" asked Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister and the leader of the Scottish National Party, in her closing speech at the SNP's annual conference in Glasgow.
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What started as an investigation into Mr Salmond's conduct has snowballed into a political scandal that threatens to undermine Nicola Sturgeon, his successor as first minister, and to damage the cause of Scottish independence.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday British Prime Minister Theresa May's draft Brexit divorce agreement was bad for the Scottish economy, adding that parliamentary approval would be difficult to win.
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"News emerging about the Scottish First Minister challenging Theresa May to formally say whether the government is pursuing a transition deal adds to the Brexit headache," said Alvin Tan, currency strategist at Societe Generale.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Sterling gained broadly against major currencies on Monday, after Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon demanded a fresh Scottish independence referendum but said it should take place at the earliest in late 2018.
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"As Deputy First Minister for almost a decade Martin McGuinness has been a major figure at Stormont," said Foster, who survived an IRA bomb attack on a school bus at the age of 17.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has demanded a new independence referendum be held in late 2018 or early 2019, once the terms of Britain's exit from the European Union have become clearer.
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"We're delighted to hear the First Minister reaffirm her Government's commitment to meeting half of Scotland's energy needs from renewable sources by 2030," Sam Gardner, acting director of WWF Scotland, said in a statement.
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Irish politician Arlene Foster has been leader of the DUP since December 2015 and served as the first minister of Northern Ireland from January 2016 to January 2017 following the resignation of Martin McGuinness.
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The Scottish cabinet held an emergency meeting in Edinburgh on Saturday after the first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said it was "democratically unacceptable" that Scotland should be removed from the European Union against its will.
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Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, a former commander in the IRA during the troubles and a senior member of the nationalist Sinn Fein party, also condemned what he called a "despicable and futile act".
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Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has resigned in protest over the handling of the 'Cash for Ash' Renewable Heating Initiative (RHI) scandal that is due to cost taxpayers £490 million ($595 million).
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Read More: Universal Basic Income Is the Path to an Entirely New Economic System Scotland will fund "research into the concept and feasibility" of a basic income, the country's first minister said on Tuesday.
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Dealers and analysts were still picking through the consequences of Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's demand on Monday for the right to hold a second Scottish independence referendum around the end of next year.
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Scotland's devolved government will put plans for a second Scottish independence referendum on hold until the terms of Britain's departure from the European Union are made clear, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday.
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In a statement to Scottish Parliament, the First Minister said that her government would not be pursuing legislation to trigger a second independence referendum until there was "sufficient clarity" about the options of Brexit.
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Any possibility that she might unseat Nicola Sturgeon, first minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), at the next election to the devolved parliament in 43, was becoming slimmer by the day.
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Earlier on Wednesday the Welsh Education Minister Kirsty Williams and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that schools in their countries had lost too many staff through sickness and self-isolation to remain open.
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The claims against Mr. Salmond, who led the push for Scottish independence that led to a 2014 referendum, date back to the years he was Scotland's first minister, from May 2007 to November 2014.
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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Prime Minister Boris Johnson has no mandate to take Scotland out of the European Union and demanded a fresh independence vote on its place in the United Kingdom.
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Scotland's nationalist First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wants to hold another referendum but British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused permission, and no vote can take place without the consent of the government in Westminster.
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The Scottish government will use its new powers to stop the planned increase in the level at which households in Scotland start paying the top rate of income tax, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said.
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GLASGOW (Reuters) - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon raised the prospect of a second independence referendum by 2019, accusing the British government of ignoring Scotland's interests by pursuing a "hard" exit from the European Union.
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If a new deputy first minister is not nominated within seven days, the secretary of state for Northern Ireland, who is appointed by London, must call an election, to take place in six weeks.
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Her Irish counterpart Enda Kenny said the former Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister undertook a "remarkable political journey" and strove to make the British province a better place for everyone, regardless of background or tradition.
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Alex Salmond, the former Scottish first minister, suggested this week that Trump's visit to the United Kingdom may take place at Balmoral, the Queen's Scotland estate, to evade the expected masses of protesters in London.
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Hyslop confirmed First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's intention to look again at a push to secede from the UK once London and Brussels have struck an outline accord late this year on a post-Brexit relationship.
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Just as Mrs May overcame the final obstacle to the Brexit bill, Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister demanded a second referendum on independence for Scotland, to take place in either late 2018 or early 2019.
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Mr McGuinness, who is retiring because of ill health, had earlier resigned as deputy first minister after an unhappy working relationship with Arlene Foster, the leader of the Democratic Unionists, in the power-sharing executive.
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Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced soon after the result that she would be seeking a second independence referendum and for Scotland to remain a part of the EU after Scots voted overwhelmingly to remain.
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While is trading half a percent higher against the dollar after Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon called for a fresh referendum, a number of forex analysts believe the currency could see some near-term weakness.
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McConnell was initially defended by Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson and called upon another senior minister of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) - which shares power in Northern Ireland's devolved government - as a character witness.
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Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister, said the spending was needed to help stimulate the already weak Scottish economy in the wake of the "deep and widespread uncertainty" caused by the Brexit vote in June. bit.
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First Minister Arlene Foster told Reuters such a scenario would be "very damaging" for a province recovering from three decades of sectarian violence and now facing the upheaval of Britain's exit from the European Union.
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EDINBURGH, July 15 (Reuters) - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Friday it would be inconceivable for the United Kingdom to block a second independence referendum if the devolved parliament in Edinburgh voted for it.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said on Sunday the Scottish National Party would only ever enter into a "less formal arrangement" to support a minority government formed by the main opposition Labour Party.
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Underlining the political upheaval that the Brexit vote set in motion, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is to visit Brussels on Wednesday for talks with the president of the European Parliament and European Commission officials.
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Arlene Foster, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, the largest group in the reformed Assembly, was sworn in as First Minister at a special sitting of the 90-member body at Parliament Buildings in Stormont.
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On Monday May and Brexit minister David Davis will meet with Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones and business representatives to discuss how Wales can make the most of opportunities offered by Brexit, her office said.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government rejected Scotland's First Minister demands for a new independence referendum after Brexit, saying it would be "a damaging distraction" and would undermine the result of the last vote five years ago.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Monday that she believed she could win a second independence vote which she has demanded to be held before the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.
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While there, he edited "An Undesirable Element," the memoir of Sharif Fayez, the country's first minister of higher education after the fall of the Taliban, with a foreword by Ryan Crocker, a longtime United States ambassador.
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British media also reported that Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, as well as Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, have challenged May to a debate over her Brexit agreement before it is voted on by the Parliament.
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Fine Gael, Ireland's governing party, has also taken the unusual step of selecting one-time Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Mark Durkan as a candidate to run in the Dublin constituency in this week's European elections.
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The truth seems to be that Mrs May's plans were upset by Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, who chose to announce on March 13th that her government would ask for a second independence referendum (see article).
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Scotland's devolved government will start a drive to protect its European Union membership and will prepare for a possible fresh independence vote after Britain voted to exit the bloc, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Saturday.
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Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, would welcome a boost to the country's pride ahead of her Scottish National Party's spring conference on March 17th-18th, which will be dominated by arguments for a new independence referendum.
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Underlining divisions the vote is unlikely to mend, however, Nicola Sturgeon, first minister of the Scottish government, described the decision as a "huge political miscalculation" that could help her efforts to hold a new independence referendum.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, a figurehead of Scotland's independence movement, denied committing any crimes on Thursday after he appeared in court charged with multiple sex offences including two counts of attempted rape.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has written to Prime Minister Theresa May formally demanding that she allow a second referendum to be held on Scottish independence ahead of the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been indicating for weeks that she was liable to demand a referendum and the pound barely budged when she did on Monday, gaining almost half a percent on the day.
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Meanwhile, former Scottish first minister, Alex Salmond, warned that the Scottish Nationalists could abandon their previous proposals for maintaining a currency union with the U.K., in an interview with U.K. broadsheet the Financial Times on Friday.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday on a short-notice visit to Brussels that Scotland was intent on remaining in the European Union, despite last week's British vote to quit the bloc.
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"Over the first five years of this policy the estimate is that several hundred fewer deaths from alcohol will be recorded and we will reduce admissions to hospital," Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told Sky News.
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Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones said he preferred his concerns to be reflected in the legislation the UK government has itself tabled for Britain's post-Brexit legal framework, currently making its way through the national parliament.
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Her subjects include Dany Cotton, first female head of the London Fire Brigade; Elspeth Beard, the first British woman to ride a motorcycle around the world, and Nicola Sturgeon, the first female first minister of Scotland.
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"No, forget it," Defence Secretary Michael Fallon told the Herald Newspaper when asked whether the government in London would facilitate a new referendum on independence, the stated long-term aim of Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
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"If we are taken out of the E.U. then a lot of Scots would want to be taken out of the U.K.," said Henry McLeish, a former first minister of Scotland from the opposition Labour Party.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UK Prime Minister Theresa May, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, and European Council President Donald Tusk have all condemned Trump's comments.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday she thought that a confidence motion against the government could succeed in parliament, piling pressure on the main opposition Labour Party to trigger such a vote.
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"The goal of economic policy should be collective wellbeing: how happy and healthy a population is, not just how wealthy a population is," First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon said in a TED Talk in July.
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"The goal of economic policy should be collective wellbeing: how happy and healthy a population is, not just how wealthy a population is," First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon said in a TED Talk in July.
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BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's deputy leader, Martin McGuinness, resigned on Monday in protest at First Minister Arlene Foster's handling of a controversial green-energy scheme, a move likely to trigger an election in the British province.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that if Scots wanted to vote in a second referendum on whether to stay part of the United Kingdom, the British government would be wrong to block it.
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And we mentioned earlier that Britain has just appointed its first Minister for Loneliness because they're saying that loneliness and isolation in Britain in particular is now at epidemic levels and they need to address it.
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But in Scotland, where about half of the cabinet ministers are women and the country's first minister is a woman, the photo drew swift condemnation from social media users and members of the nation's highest office.
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The Scottish first minister said Johnson's response to her request was predictable and that he was blocking another vote because he did not have a positive case for keeping the more than 300-year-old union.
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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced she is sending a letter to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Thursday which asks that the U.K. Parliament grants its Scottish counterpart the right to hold another referendum on independence.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - The Scottish government will start preparing the legislation required for a new referendum on independence from the United Kingdom in case it is needed, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the Scottish parliament on Tuesday.
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If that weren't enough for gilt traders, the Bank of England is having to juggle rising inflation with the expected negative economic impact of Brexit, and Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon this week proposed another independence referendum.
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Johnson, who took over from Theresa May last month and is unpopular in Scotland, was booed as he entered a meeting last week with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon who is demanding London agree to another referendum.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's plans to lead her nation to independence from the United Kingdom have been muddled by Brexit, but the whirlwind at the centre of British politics may yet advance her cause.
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Earlier this year, Britain's prime minister, Theresa May, appointed the world's first Minister for Loneliness, Tracey Crouch; and in June Mrs May announced £20m ($26m) in new funding to help "more people to establish and maintain connections".
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In a further blow to the Westminster government, Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, pressed ahead with plans for a second referendum on Scottish independence; 55% voted to stay in the UK in the first vote in 2014.
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The government of Gibraltar confirmed to the BBC in late June that Picardo had discussed the possibility of remaining in the EU with Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish First Minister and leader of the pro-independence Scottish National Party.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - The Scottish National Party will work to forge an alliance to keep Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives out of power after the inconclusive result to Britain's national election, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Friday.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May is preparing to reject Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's demand for an independence referendum on the eve of the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union, the Times newspaper reported.
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The 66-year-old former IRA commander said illness and the current political crisis, triggered by his own resignation this month as deputy first minister, had led to him to step down several months earlier than planned.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said sidelining parliament was "a serious mistake", while leader of the Green Party Caroline Lucas accused May of timing the strikes to "avoid a debate in parliament", which she described as "outrageous".
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"What I'm very keen to stress is that regardless of who occupies the office of president or first minister at any given time, the relationship between Scotland and the United States is a strong one," Sturgeon said.
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LONDON, March 13 (Reuters) - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Monday that she believed she could win a second independence vote which she has demanded to be held before the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.
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On Saturday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon promised Scots, who voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to remain in the EU, that she would seek to protect their EU membership, and that a second independence referendum was a real possibility.
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LONDON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Friday her Scottish National Party (SNP) would seek to form "a progressive alliance" in the event of a hung parliament at Westminster after next month's general election.
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GLASGOW, Scotland (Reuters) - Scotland should have its own version of the Brexit "backstop" plan that the European Union and United Kingdom are trying to agree for the Irish border, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Monday.
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At a meeting with their leaders this week, May warned them against undermining the UK's negotiating stance by seeking separate settlements with the EU. "I can't undermine something that doesn't exist," retorted Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
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Both voted overwhelmingly for "remain", and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has made clear that the "harder" the Brexit, the more Scotland will push for a second independence referendum, even in the face of opposition from London.
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LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said on Sunday the Scottish National Party would only ever enter into a "less formal arrangement" to support a minority government formed by the main opposition Labour Party.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Spain and Catalonia could learn lessons about how to handle independence movements from Scotland, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Monday, adding that she was concerned by the Spanish authorities' treatment of some politicians.
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This is the same situation that created sparked the most recent election when McGuinness — then leader of Sinn Féin in Northern Ireland — stepped down in January over a controversy engulfing DUP leader and First Minister Arlene Foster.
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However, Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon, who is regularly briefed on the UK government's plans to tackle the coronavirus, said the UK government will announce "more stringent measures" for London imminently, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, a figurehead of Scotland's independence movement, was cleared on Monday of committing multiple sex offences against nine women after a case that led to divisions in the nationalist movement.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May's talks with opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to break the Brexit deadlock will not produce the best option for the country, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday.
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BELFAST (Reuters) - Former Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon, one of the architects of the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement, died on Friday aged 83, drawing tributes from across a political divide he helped to bridge.
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LONDON (Reuters) - An early general election will help determine the future direction of Scotland, first minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday, as she seized on Theresa May's announcement to build her case for a second independence referendum.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Friday she did not rule out testing the legality of calling a consultative referendum on independence if Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative government continued to oppose another vote.
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Former IRA leader turned Northern Irish statesman Martin McGuinness dies Former IRA leader turned Northern Irish statesman Martin McGuinness dies Martin McGuinness, the former deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, died Tuesday at the age of 66.
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We've been able to be current, so when there's a first woman announced, I've been able to follow her up; like [Scottish First Minister and Scottish National Party leader] Nicola Sturgeon, we did her portrait last year.
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EDINBURGH, March 16 (Reuters) - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Thursday that any attempt to block a second independence referendum would be undemocratic and evidence that Prime Minister Theresa May fears the verdict of the Scottish people.
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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's demand on Monday to hold a new Scottish independence referendum in late 2018 or early 2019, once the terms of Britain's exit from the European Union are clearer, may help embolden Catalan campaigners.
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Support for Scottish independence is at its highest ever but it might not be the best time for Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to hold a new referendum, a survey by ScotCen's Scottish Social Attitudes said on Wednesday.
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But after the Brexit vote, Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, says it's "highly likely" that there will be a second referendum, as it is "democratically unacceptable" for Scotland to be pulled out of the EU against its will.
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Brought in after a so-called 'shame game' between Celtic and Rangers, during which 34 arrests were made, the OFBA is now viewed as a knee-jerk reaction by then First Minister Alex Salmond and the SNP government.
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And there he was in 2007, even more astonishingly, deputy first minister to Ian Paisley, the most diehard of the arch-unionists, laughing along with him and having the craic, until they were known as the Chuckle Brothers.
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The nationalist community overwhelmingly backed staying in the EU, and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein, the country's largest nationalist party, called for a vote on a united Ireland in the wake of the Brexit vote.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - If British Prime Minister Theresa May wants a cross-party compromise on Brexit the first thing she needs to do is to extend the March 29 time limit, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday.
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Custos said in November it would push for the appointment of Scotland's former nationalist first minister, Alex Salmond, as the publisher's chairman Johnston Press declined to respond to Ager-Hanssen's latest comments, while Highfield did not immediately respond.
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In government, he formed a surprisingly close working relationship with the late Ian Paisley, the firebrand Protestant cleric turned first minister, and sought to heal old wounds with gestures like shaking hands with Britain's Queen Elizabeth in 2012.
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A report in Dundee-based newspaper the Courier on Wednesday said May believes Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon could next month demand a second referendum on independence and is privately working on a strategy to deal with this.
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Earlier, Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said the country should hold an independence referendum before the Scottish parliamentary term ends in May 2021 and that a devolved parliament bill would be drawn up before the end of 2019.
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This article originally appeared on VICE UK. When David Cameron arrived in power in May 2010, one of his first actions was to jump up to the Scottish parliament for a chat with then first minister Alex Salmond.
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GLASGOW, Scotland (Reuters) - Scotland's former first minister believes the independence movement has a three-year window after Britain quits the European Union to push again for seccession, despite the Scottish National Party's losses in an election in June.
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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the court's decision on devolved assembles raised the specter of another Scottish independence referendum because Scots, who voted in favor of staying in the EU, were not being treated as equal partners.
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GLASGOW, Scotland (Reuters) - Scotland's pro-independence First Minister said Britain's impending departure from the European Union would damage the economy in Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom, and that she would not block another Brexit referendum.
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Ghadhban became the first minister to speak about deeper cuts since OPEC and allies, known as OPEC+, agreed to reduce production by 0003 million barrels per day (bpd), or 1.2 percent of global supply, in December last year.
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Ms. Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister and the leader of the pro-independence Scottish National Party, has argued that Brexit changes the situation because Scotland should not be dragged out of the 28-member European Union against its will.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Scotland is already taking steps to hold a referendum on independence and believes it is a matter of when rather than if the country separates from the rest of Britain, Scotland's First Minister said on Monday.
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She had already been put on the defensive on Monday when Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said she would seek a new referendum on Scottish independence because of the prime minister's handling of Britain's departure from the bloc.
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The United States and China, the world's two biggest economies, are due to have their first minister-level talks in months on Thursday trying to end a 15-month long trade dispute that has hurt the global economy.
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DUBLIN (Reuters) - The British government has a "democratic imperative" to call a referendum on whether Northern Ireland should leave the United Kingdom and unite with the Irish Republic, the province's Irish nationalist Deputy First Minister said on Friday.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson needs to "focus on reality" and recognize that the Scottish National Party (SNP) has been given a mandate for a second independence referendum, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Saturday.
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LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - An early general election will help determine the future direction of Scotland, first minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday, as she seized on Theresa May's announcement to build her case for a second independence referendum.
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BELFAST (Reuters) - Talks to save Northern Ireland's devolved government ran straight into an obstacle on Monday as Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster resisted renewed demands by Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein not to return as first minister.
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson and former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said on Wednesday they supported Amnesty International research which found that many women self-censor on Twitter because of fear of being targeted.
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Scotland's first minister said on Monday the northernmost part of the United Kingdom would suffer an 8.5 percent hit to the size of its economy by 2030 if Britain left the European Union with no trade deal at all.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has moved one of her key allies into a campaigning role because she thinks the United Kingdom could hold a national election just before it is due to leave the European Union.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Sunday softened her stance on the potential timing of a second independence referendum after Prime Minister Theresa May rejected her call to hold a vote before Britain leaves the European Union.
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LONDON/EDINBURGH (Reuters) - It would be impossible to hold a legal and decisive referendum on Scottish independence in the timeframe demanded by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, the British government's Scotland minister said in a newspaper interview published on Wednesday.
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On January 24th Alex Salmond, the party's 64-year-old former leader, who from 2007 to 2014 was Scotland's first minister, was charged with nine sexual assaults, two attempted rapes, two indecent assaults and one breach of the peace.
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"HOW good it will be to be part of a wonderful healing in this province," declared Ian Paisley, Northern Ireland's first minister, when the Stormont Assembly was reopened in 2007 after nearly five years of direct rule from Westminster.
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The DUP has said it was upset by prolonged cheering at Sinn Fein's annual conference at the weekend after MP Elisha McCallion spoke of former Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness' pride in his role in the IRA.
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BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's largest Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein on Monday said it wanted a referendum on splitting from the United Kingdom "as soon as possible", hours after Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon demanded a new independence vote.
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The DUP has long fought to stop any extension of abortion rights in Northern Ireland, with First Minister Arlene Foster quoted as saying she would not want abortion to be "as freely available here as it is in England."
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - The British government's plan for leaving the European Union is "economically catastrophic" and Scotland must have the option of voting for independence if its views on Brexit are rejected, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday.
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Sterling offered little support, bouncing straight back up from a slight dip after Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced her intention to trigger a second independence referendum, but said it would take place at the earliest in late 2018.
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With her party meeting for its annual conference in Glasgow, Sturgeon is under increasing pressure to explain how Scotland might win independence from the United Kingdom as the clock ticks down on Brexit and her term as first minister.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon sought backing from the Edinburgh parliament on Tuesday for her proposal to hold a new referendum on independence from the United Kingdom, the first formal step in a process resisted by London.
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Scotland voted by 62 percent to 38 percent to remain in the European Union, and the Scottish first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said Friday that it was "democratically unacceptable" for Scotland to be dragged out of it against its will.
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In closing remarks Sunday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced that the Scottish Parliament will be advancing new legislation on an independence referendum next month, hoping to give Scotland the second opportunity in five years to leave the United Kingdom.
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Scotland's pro-independence First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has repeatedly argued that the move would be highly damaging to Scotland's interests and make independence more likely — especially given that Scots voted to remain by a margin of 62% to 38%.
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LONDON, April 3 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May's talks with opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to break the Brexit deadlock will not produce the best option for the country, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday.
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Among its demands for re-entering government, Sinn Fein insists they will not vote for DUP leader Arlene Foster as First Minister until the scandal that triggered the poll - a botched heating subsidies scheme she established - is cleared up.
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The party's leader and Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has tried to exploit the Brexit result to push for another referendum on Scottish independence, pointing out that a majority of Scots voted to remain in the European Union. Mrs.
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When the Daily Mail provoked outrage by publishing a photo of her with the first minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, under the brazenly sexist headline "Never mind Brexit, who won Legs-it!" the prime minister's spokesman refused to comment.
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Scotland: Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland who for years led a campaign for Scottish independence, has been arrested and charged with two counts of attempted rape and several counts of sexual assault, a public prosecutor said.
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After 52 percent of UK voters cast ballots in favour of leaving the EU, Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon said it was "highly likely" Scotland would hold another secession vote, and preparation for another secession vote was already underway.
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In the hours after the vote, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced plans to draft new legislation to allow a second independence referendum north of the border after pro-EU Scots narrowly voted to stay in the United Kingdom in 2014.
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"Newspaper of the year" the Daily Mail is getting dragged after publishing a headline declaring "Forget about Brexit, who won Legs-it!" alongside a photograph of Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and British Prime Minister Theresa May on its front page.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May told Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, on Tuesday that the Brexit deal she has negotiated with the EU will work for all parts of the UK and deliver on the results of the 2016 referendum.
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"This is first and foremost a personal moment for her — but it also helps demonstrate to young women that holding leadership positions needn't be a barrier to having children (if you want to)," Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland, tweeted.
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Sanjeev Gupta, chairman of Liberty, is reopening the Dalzell works with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and two other Scottish ministers in what he calls a first step in a "greensteel" strategy for a competitive, low-carbon and sustainable steel industry.
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This possibility has already been rejected by Northern Ireland's first minister and Theresa Villiers, the Northern Ireland secretary (the UK government's representative in the region), but the danger of a return to Northern Ireland's violent past always lurks in the background.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has called for a referendum before the end of the two years of talks set out under Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty to leave the European Union, accusing May of ignoring Scotland's demands.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland will step up efforts to persuade EU citizens to stay after Brexit, its First Minister will tell French lawmakers on Tuesday, amid concerns about potential workforce shortages in the largest of the United Kingdom's three smaller nations.
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The pro-independence government of Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has embarked on a charm offensive with the EU since Scots voted heavily to remain in the bloc when Britain as a whole voted to leave in the June 23 referendum.
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"I think an independence referendum is now highly likely," said Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, who said it would be "democratically unacceptable" for Scotland to be pushed out of the European Union when a majority of Scots want to stay in.
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LONDON (Reuters) - An Iranian tanker detained in Gibraltar for breaching EU sanctions could be allowed to leave on Friday, though a last minute U.S. legal bid to halt it could yet end up back in court, the territory's first minister said.
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Between Labor Day and Election Day, the spoken-word artist Sheldon Scott is producing a fictitious political campaign, Sheldon for D.C., transforming the gallery into an active campaign office to promote his bid for D.C.'s first minister of culture.
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In Scotland too, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced on Tuesday the introduction of a deposit return scheme obliging consumers to pay a deposit on bottles and cans that is refunded once the empty items are returned, to cut litter waste.
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Presenting the figures, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was seeking "in good faith" to negotiate the Scottish chapter of the terms under which Britain leaves the EU, but would keep Scottish independence from the UK as an option.
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"Given the clear and proven link between consumption and harm, minimum unit pricing is the most effective and efficient way to tackle the cheap, high-strength alcohol that causes so much damage to so many families," First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said.
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LONDON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The "sheer intransigence" of Theresa May's British government over Brexit could lead to a second Scottish independence referendum, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday, warning time was running out for the country to change course.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scottish lawmakers will launch an inquiry into whether First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's pro-independence government has been even-handed in how it has treated sex harassment allegations against her mentor and predecessor Alex Salmond, political parties said on Tuesday.
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's SNP has stepped up calls for a second referendum, saying May's "sheer intransigence" in Brexit talks could push Scotland, which voted to remain in the EU, out of the bloc's single market and end EU immigration.
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LONDON — Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland who for years led a campaign for Scottish independence, has been arrested and charged with two counts of attempted rape and several counts of sexual assault, a public prosecutor said on Thursday.
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Last week, after Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland, called for a new referendum on Scottish independence she took to Twitter to boast about the numerical superiority of her electoral mandate to that of Theresa May, the British Prime Minister.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday she wanted incoming British Prime Minister Theresa May to enable the Scottish government to explore options for Scotland to remain in the European Union as part of the overall Brexit process.
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First, Minister of Treasury and Finance of Turkey Albayrak is about to hold a teleconference with investors from US, EU and Middle East on Thursday, with around 1000 people will attend that, this is the 1st teleconference since he take office.
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Alex Salmond, the country's former first minister, who for years led a campaign for Scottish independence, was charged last year with two counts of attempted rape and several counts of sexual assault, and his trial is set to begin in March.
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"My experience of trying to reach some compromise with her over the past few months has been an unproductive and frustrating one," Ms. Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, said in an interview on Wednesday with The New York Times Editorial Board.
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" In Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister, who leads the anti-Brexit Scottish National Party, said that it was "now clear beyond any doubt that an overwhelming majority of people in Scotland do want to remain in the European Union.
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Speaking in Brussels after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a planned vote on secession before Brexit in 2019, Michael Russell said any option for Scotland staying in the European Union when the UK left would be a matter for later discussion.
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Speaking at the University of Glasgow, Hunt said British Prime Minister Theresa May would reject any request by Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon for a fresh vote on secession - something nationalist activists are pushing for because of unhappiness about Brexit.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that if Britain is leaving the European Union then single market and customs union membership were "the only sensible option", adding that now the negotiations would move on to a new tougher level.
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After a decade as deputy first minister, Mr. McGuinness resigned in January for health reasons, prompting a snap election in which Sinn Fein made major gains and nearly overtook the Democratic Unionists as the largest party in the regional assembly.
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As millions of soccer fans will no doubt be bracing themselves for the day when such a decision goes against their team, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon summed up at least what Scotland felt after their team exited the tournament.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon accused the British government of lacking "maturity" by withholding diplomatic support for her trip to visit EU officials in Brussels, and suggested it was part of Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt's campaign to lead the Conservative Party.
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The newspaper's headline declaring "Forget about Brexit, who won Legs-it!" alongside a photograph of Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and British Prime Minister Theresa May and a pain staking analysis of their legs, prompted the ire of thousands on social media.
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On March 13th Scotland's first minister said she would seek permission from Westminster for a second referendum on Scotland's independence from the United Kingdom, less than three years after a plebiscite in which Scots voted by 55% to 45% to stay put.
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Only recently Mrs May turned down a request by Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, for an independence referendum in Scotland, on the basis that it would be irresponsible to hold such a vote when the terms of Brexit were not yet clear.
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The election, which came only ten months after the previous contest, was triggered when Sinn Fein's leader and deputy first minister, Martin McGuinness, resigned in protest at Mrs Foster's "arrogance" and supposed refusal to work with republicans in the power-sharing administration.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she felt there was no majority for a hard Brexit in the country but that the United Kingdom was at a juncture when momentum could swing either toward a softer Brexit or a "no deal" Brexit.
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Her cautious instincts will tell her to limit the reshuffle to a minimum—after all, Mr Green's job of "first minister" is an invented one and his other jobs, such as cabinet office minister and chairman of various committees, can be scattered around.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday the UK government had to make changes to its European Union withdrawal bill before her devolved government in Edinburgh would agree to back it, but said she was hopeful progress could be made.
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EDINBURGH, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Scotland will step up efforts to persuade EU citizens to stay after Brexit, its First Minister will tell French lawmakers on Tuesday, amid concerns about potential workforce shortages in the largest of the United Kingdom's three smaller nations.
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Declared the official opposition to the government's drive for a "hard Brexit" when it sank last year, the pound barely moved on Monday as the Scotland's first minister demanded a new vote and the government saw off the last pieces of parliamentary opposition.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would not rule out the possibility of Scotland remaining in the European Union as well as part of Britain, which backed Brexit in a referendum mainly due to voters in England and Wales.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond charmed a home crowd at the first of his Edinburgh Fringe shows on Sunday, as he and a surprise guest, Brexit Minister David Davis, both took swipes at Brexit, the prime minister and themselves.
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"I think Scotland will be independent, yes, but that's a choice for the Scottish people," Sturgeon, who is first minister in Scotland, replied after she was asked in an ITV interview if she thought the UK will have broken up by 2025.
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EDINBURGH, April 18 (Reuters) - The decision by British Prime Minister Theresa May to call an early election on June 8 gives Scotland a chance to reinforce its democratic mandate to hold an independence referendum, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon suggested on Tuesday.
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Those accusations were again aired on Sunday, with Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, telling Sky that his calculation on backing Brexit was "based not on the merits of that argument but probably what he thought was best for his own political advancement".
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LONDON/EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday that success for her Scottish National Party in a snap election on June 8 would make it impossible for British Prime Minister Theresa May to stop a new referendum on Scottish independence.
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AGAINST the Brexit tide that swept Britain, 62% of Scots voted to stay in the European Union on June 23rd, presenting the first minister of Scotland's devolved government, Nicola Sturgeon, with a difficult question: whether to push for a second independence referendum.
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On Saturday, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the devolved government was preparing to present legislation allowing a second independence referendum while continuing discussions on its place within the EU. Referendum results showed there was strong Scottish support for remaining an EU member.
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Clinton and Theresa May, Britain's new prime minister (and to a certain extent, Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland), two more women are in the public eye, not as spouses of world leaders, but as the leaders themselves — or the potential leaders.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May does not have a mandate to take any part of Britain out of the European Union's single market, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday, upping the stakes in talks for Britain to leave the bloc.
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Scotland's First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon says Brexit has dissolved the certainty that the United Kingdom once offered; faced with being taken out of the EU against the will of the majority, Scots must have a new choice, she argues.
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GLASGOW (Reuters) - Scotland will publish a fresh independence referendum Bill for consultation next week, part of a strategy to ensure that Scotland's voice is heard in the negotiations to take Britain out of the European Union, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced on Thursday.
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Salmond, who led an unsuccessful independence campaign which nevertheless bolstered the SNP in 2014, has denied any criminal conduct after being accused of sexually assaulting two members of staff at his official residence in 2013 while he held office as first minister.
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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told Reuters last week that she needed more details on the Brexit deal between Britain and the EU before taking a view on a new independence vote, adding that independence won't be off the table until it happens.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she felt there was no majority for a hard Brexit in the country but that the United Kingdom was at a juncture when momentum could swing either towards a softer Brexit or a "no deal" Brexit.
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BELFAST, March 13 (Reuters) - Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster was one of a number of policymakers criticised in an inquiry on Friday into the so-called "cash for ash" scandal, which caused a three-year suspension of the province's government until January.
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But power sharing ceased in January 2017 following the resignation of the deputy first minister Martin McGuinness in response to "Cash for Ash," a failed green energy initiative spearheaded by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which reportedly cost Northern Ireland's taxpayers millions.
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The family's campaign to stay in Scotland, where their son has learned the ancient Scots language Gaelic, led them to a meeting with the devolved Scottish government First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who personally appealed to the British government on their behalf in May.
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That is particularly difficult for Alma Zadic, above, a daughter of Bosnian refugees and Austria's first minister with a migrant background: The coalition charges her to defend policies that were designed to effectively keep people like her parents out of the country.
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EDINBURGH, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that if Britain is leaving the European Union then single market and customs union membership were "the only sensible option", adding that now the negotiations would move on to a new tougher level.
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