A senior Welsh politician is under fire after comparing Wednesday’s unrest on Capitol Hill to those in the United Kingdom who backed a second referendum on Brexit. Andrew RT Davies, a former conservative party leader and the current Welsh Conservative health spokesman, made the remarks in a tweet while responding to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, who called the scenes from the U.S.
Keir Starmer to argue for 'positive' alternative to Scottish independence
20.12.2020 - 16:16 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Labour leader will say that he is offering “a positive alternative to the Scottish people” while at the same time seeking “to preserve and renew the United Kingdom”. The speech – Starmer's first on the subject of the Union – will set the tone for the party’s campaigning for next year’s elections to the Scottish Parliament.
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SNP veteran warns Scottish independence declaration would be 'dead end'
boycotted by Tories and lack legitimacy. It follows a petition by a fringe movement called the Independence for Scotland Party.
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03.01.2021 / 19:55
Kier Starmer calls for national lockdown within 24 hours
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03.01.2021 / 14:35
Boris Johnson dismisses Scottish independence referendum calls in his first interview of the year
referendums should only be held “once in a generation”. The Tory leader told the BBC’s Andrew Marr programme: “Referendums in my experience, direct experience, in this country are not particularly jolly events.
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24.12.2020 / 21:45
Keir Starmer says Labour will back Brexit deal but warns 'it's not what Tories promised'
Keir Starmer said Labour will "accept it and vote for it" when the Government's Brexit deal with the EU reaches Parliament. It came after negotiators signed off the last tortuous detail of a massive trade deal, which will allow tariff free and quota free trade with the EU and no limits on the goods that can be sold into the EU.Boris Johnson hailed the deal as 'taking back control' of fishing waters and its own laws.
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24.12.2020 / 20:50
Boris Johnson hails Brexit deal as Nicola Sturgeon says it's time for Scottish independence
immediately attacked the settlement, saying “there is no deal that will ever make up for what Brexit takes away from us.”On a historic Christmas Eve that will set Scotland and the UK on a different political course from the rest of Europe, Johnson boasted that his “jumbo-sized Canada-style deal” was what the country needs.Johnson said the agreement resolves the European question which has “bedevilled” British politics for generations.But as Sturgeon made plain the end of the Britain’s four
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23.12.2020 / 17:00
Scottish independence referendum next year would 'add to Covid crisis'
another major vote on the constitution as soon as next year "would be the wrong thing to do". With the SNP widely tipped to win a majority of MSPs at May's Holyrood elections, speculation is growing over when the Nationalists will launch a fresh bid to secure an IndyRef2.
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21.12.2020 / 17:06
Keir Starmer rules out Labour support for second independence referendum in age of Covid
Labour leader said: "Given the damage and division this would cause, no responsible First Minister should contemplate it and no responsible Prime Minister would grant it." There are inevitable demands for a re-run vote if the SNP win an independence majority in May's Scottish elections.