EU Commission Building Brussels - Leaving the Light ON for Scotland 31-JAN-2020The EU Commisison building in Brussels last night on 31st of January, 2020, as the United Kingdom officially left the European Union.
In the 2016 UK Brexit Referendum, Scotland voted 62% to remain in the EU. Brexit is causing a resurgence in support for #IndyRef2020 #IndyRef2 Scottish Independence in which Scotland hopes to rejoin the EU as an independent European country.
Écosse is French for Scotland.
30 Jan - Scottish Parliament votes for IndyRef2 and to keep EU Flag flying.France 24 News -- Despite a majority of Scottish voters rejecting Brexit in the 2016 referendum, Scotland leaves the EU along with the rest of the UK on January 31. For some Scots, this shows that their nation is being ignored and bolsters the case for leaving the UK. On the other side of the independence debate, some rue that Brexit makes it more difficult to make the case for unionism, while others argue that Scottish grievances over Brexit are unjustified.
25 Jan | 12,000 march in Inverness for IndependenceInverness March for Freedom - 25-Jan-2020
Video of the March and After-March Rally.
SPEAKERS:
-- Ian Blackford, SNP MP for Ross, Skye and Lochabe.
-- Drew Hendry, SNP MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey.
-- John Finnie, Scots Green MSP for Highlands and Islands region.
-- Lesley Riddoch, Scottish radio broadcaster, activist and journalist.
80,000 march for Independence in Glasgow 11-Jan-2020Incredibly quick timelapse made up of stills taken every 30secs from the bridge today #AUOBGlasgow. 100mins worth of colourful Yessers in 10secs. Music is a wee blast of Davy Holt's "All Under One Banner"
Pete Wishart MP speaks on Scottish Independence in the UK House of Commons9 Jan 2020 -- Pete Wishart MP did not hold back in destroying Tory attempts to deny Scotland's democratic right to hold a second independence referendum.
Pete Wishart is a UK Minister of Parliament for Perth and Northern Perth, Scotland. He is a member of the Scottish National Party.
About Peter Wishart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Wishart
19 Dec - Nicola Sturgeon - Scotland's right to choose19 Dec 2019 - Press Conference - Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland - Bute House, Edinburgh, Scotland.
NEW REPORT: Scotland's right to choose: putting Scotland's future in Scotland's hands. The Scottish Government's case for giving the people of Scotland the right to choose their constitutional future.
Dec 15 - Ian BlackfordThe SNP's leader in Westminster Ian Blackford MP, says the Conservatives didn't win in Scotland, urging the PM to respect calls for a second independence referendum.
Boris Johnson voices fresh opposition to indyref2 Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Nicola Sturgeon by phone on Friday and voiced his opposition to a new independence referendum in the call. Now the battle for a Section 30 order begins.
Dec 13 - SNP Election landslide gives new mandate for indy referendumDec 13 - Post-Election Press Conference by Nicola Sturgeon, leader of the SNP and Scottish Government: Says Scotland has another new mandate for an independence referendum. Says Boris Johnson may have a mandate for Brexit in England, but he does not have one to take Scotland out of the EU.
