Tag: United Kingdom

Scotland votes ‘no’ on independence from United Kingdom

Kelly Cohen · September 19, 2014 10:52 am

British Prime Minister David Cameron leaves after giving a statement to the media about Scotland's referendum results, outside his official residence at 10 Downing Street in central London, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. Scottish voters have rejected independence, deciding to remain part of the United Kingdom after a historic referendum that shook the country to its core. The decision prevented a rupture of a 307-year union with England, bringing a huge sigh of relief to the British political establishment. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

UK to make changes after Scotland vote keeps union

Gregory Katz · September 19, 2014 10:19 am

An official reacts as counting continues in the Scottish Independence Referendum at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. From the capital of Edinburgh to the far-flung Shetland Islands, Scots embraced a historic moment - and the rest of the United Kingdom held its breath - after voters turned out in unprecedented numbers for an independence referendum that could end the country's 307-year union with England. (AP Photo/David Cheskin)

High turnout seen in Scotland’s independence vote

Jill Lawless · September 19, 2014 3:53 am

Anything But Great

Thomas Donnelly · September 18, 2014 12:16 pm

Obama tweets support for UK

Kelly Cohen · September 18, 2014 11:32 am

Why Americans—and the West—Should Care About Scottish Secession

Jonathan Foreman · September 18, 2014 9:15 am

A view of cupcakes decorated with the Union and Scottish Saltire flags, and question marks, along with the results of sales, at Cuckoo's bakery, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. The bakery has been monitoring the sales of its Union and Saltire flag and undecided cupcakes for 200 days to try and predict the outcome of the referendum. 43.5 percent of sales were Yes cakes, 47.7 percent No, and 8.8 percent undecided. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

Emotions mount on final day of Scottish campaign

Jill Lawless · September 18, 2014 5:43 am

People attend a pro Scottish independence campaign rally, in central Glasgow, Scotland,Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/David Cheskin)

Congress divided on prospect of independent Scotland

Sean Lengell · September 17, 2014 9:14 pm

Obama Personally Tweets Opposition to Scottish Independence

Jeryl Bier · September 17, 2014 7:17 pm

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 30, 1995 file photo, police watch a fire burn underneath a "Oui" pro-separatist sign after federalists won the Quebec independence referendum. Quebec has always been apart from the rest of Canada by keeping French as its first tongue. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Tom Hanson)

Separatists in Quebec, Scotland share lessons

Benjamin Shingler · September 17, 2014 12:02 pm

A man talking on a phone walks past images of Scots inventor Alexander Graham Bell and Scots doctor Marie Stopes outside the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. The land that gave the world haggis and tartan has produced so much more, from golf and television to Dolly the Sheep and "Grand Theft Auto." If Scotland splits from Britain after a referendum this week, it can stake a claim to inventions that transformed modern life, from surgical anesthetic and penicillin to television, the telephone and even the flush toilet. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Scots’ inventions are fuel for independence debate

Jill Lawless · September 17, 2014 10:24 am

A pair of Saltire's fly above a Yes sign in Eyemouth, Scotland, Tueday, Sept. 16, 2014. The two sides in Scotland's independence debate are scrambling to convert undecided voters, with just two days to go until a referendum on separation. Anti-independence campaigners are pushing home their message that a "No" vote doesn't mean the status quo. The three main British political parties are promising Scotland greater powers, including tax-raising authority, if it remains part of the United Kingdom. The Yes campaign says the promises are vague and reveal the No side's desperation, with polls suggesting the outcome will be close. Scottish Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said "the only way to guarantee the real powers we need in Scotland is to vote Yes." (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

Sides in Scottish referendum make final push

Jill Lawless · September 16, 2014 5:06 pm