/channels/news_feeds/all/term/British%20politics/rss en /channels/channels/news/experts-scottish-national-party-promise-independence-referendum-after-election-win-330996 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Scottish National Party is promising to hold a second independence referendum after election results announced Saturday saw pro-independence candidates gain a majority in the Scottish parliament. In her victory speech, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said her party, which wants to break away from the United Kingdom, had delivered a "historic and extraordinary" win after finishing with 64 seats in the Scottish parliament, one short of a majority. (<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/09/uk/uk-elections-scotland-independence-gbr-intl/index.html" target="_blank">CNN</a>)</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gettyimages-600136612.jpg?itok=Uwn2wVgQ" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">11 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 11 May 2021 19:11:42 +0000 webfull 170526 at /channels