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    The Scottish National Party was formed in 1934 following the merger of the National Party and the Scottish and has had continuous representation at Westminster since the 1967 Winnie Ewing’s victory at the 1967 Hamilton by-election. When the Scottish Parliament was formed in 1999, the SNP became the second largest party in the Scottish legislature, serving two terms in opposition. Alex Salmond became the leader of the SNP in 1990 and returned as leader in 2004, leading the party to take the majority

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    The Scottish National Party was founded in 1934 and now it is after Conservatives and Labour party the third biggest party with Nicolas Sturgeon leading them but also being the First Minister of Scotland. The SNP is a center-left , social democratic party which assists on the campaign of Scotland being independent. SNP like all parties has some policies which are fairer pension , reduction in child poverty , better paid jobs , scrapping trident , support the disabled people , scrap the bedroom

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    Modern Scottish politics was established in 1999 , then called the Scottish Executive rather than the Scottish Government. The current Scottish Government has control over a certain number of devolved matters whilst Westminster in England retains control of decisions affecting the whole of the United Kingdom. This modern day form of Scottish politics was very much influenced by the events and state of a post-war Britain in which many people across Scotland wanted change and more independence from

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    features of the Scottish political system, describe the voting

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    reasons for separatism with and/or across national boundaries and discuss its consequences [40 marks] Separatism is the advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender partition from the larger group. While it often refers to full political secession, separatist groups may seek nothing more than greater autonomy. There are four main types of separatist groups – religious, ethnic, racial and gender. Separatism “with national boundaries” refers to an event concerning

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    the Scottish Referendum for Independence from 18th September 2014 (hereafter referred as “the 2014 Referendum”) was indeed a process that can give account to legitimacy. This essay will look at legitimacy as being a moral claim set by our own culture. It will also explore the meaning of “overall legitimacy” of the 2014 Referendum and if individual claims of citizens are in conflict with it. Furthermore, it will argued that the political discourse of Alex Salmond and of the Scottish National Party

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    the two states and they were united which is called Anglo Scottish Union. Scotland’s relations with England,

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    are any objections to the use of this source in terms of objectivity or rigorousness. Second, I briefly discuss the content of the work in order to decide whether the information within will be of use in an argumentative essay about the issue of Scottish independence. Professor Houston is Professor of History at St Andrews University in Scotland. He is the author of nine books and over 80 academic articles and book chapters (University of St Andrews n.d.). Despite these seemingly impeccable

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    favor of union being, on the Scottish side, the economic problems caused by the failure of the Darien scheme, which was Scotland’s failed attempt to colonize (Keay, J. & Keay J.). The Labour Party was committed to home rule for Scotland in the 1920s, but it slipped down its agenda in the following years. The Scottish National Party (SNP) was formed in 1934, but did not achieve significant electoral success until the 1960s. A document calling for home rule, the Scottish Covenant, was signed by 2 million

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    failure of Westminster to accommodate the voices of all four regions that led to growing frustration with representation. Thus, a desire for representation was the primary driver of UK regional devolution. To name the economic policies of the Tory party as the primary driver for the devolution movement is to trivialise the fight for a more representative system of government. To explain why, we must first look at why some argue that the nature of Tory governance was the driver of devolution. Following

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