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February 17th, 2012

Options for an independent Scotland include maintaining the currency union with the UK.

February 16th, 2012

LONDON (Reuters) - If the people of Scotland use a promised referendum to end the 300-year-old union with England and vote for independence, one result could be the reappearance of the merk, groat or bawbee. ...

February 16th, 2012

Prime Minister David Cameron's speech in Edinburgh, Scotland, was the British government's opening salvo in a campaign expected to culminate in a historic Scottish plebiscite. The date for a referendum hasn't even been set. But Prime Minister David Cameron made an impassioned appeal directly to the Scottish people Thursday to keep Britain intact, imploring them to vote no on the question of ...

February 17th, 2012

On Jan. 25, Alex Salmond, Scotland's first minister, and his Scottish National Party (SNP) government announced plans for a referendum on independence to be held in 2014. Gerry Hassan writes about why the Scots want independence.

February 16th, 2012

England and Scotland work "so much better together" than apart, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday, as he appealed to Scots not to break up the United Kingdom by voting for independence.

February 16th, 2012

Mr Cameron's speech in Edinburgh was good and important in many ways, especially given the dangers of what it might have contained or how it might have sounded Over the years, UK politicians have allowed the question of Scotland's constitutional future to slip from their hands to such an extent that David Cameron's visit to Edinburgh was an unusually high-profile, and even a high-risk, event. Mr ...

February 16th, 2012

(Reuters) - Here is a look at Scotland's relations with England as Prime Minister David Cameron heads north for talks with Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond. -- England's King Edward I invades Scotland in 1296 but his army is defeated by Scotsman William Wallace. After a series of battles England regains some control over Scotland. -- In 1314, Robert the Bruce defeats the army of Edward II ...

February 12th, 2012

Wales 27 Scotland 13:THE MILLENNIUM Stadium does not get any happier for the Scots. For a Welshman or a neutral this was a fantastic match to warm the cockles of the Six Nations after the chill of Saturday but for Scotland another joyless championship is stretching ahead and it is getting colder by the day.

February 16th, 2012

Mr Salmond told the BBC: ``What I'm saying is I'm for independence, independence will be in the ballot paper, but in order for people to vote for or against independence they have to know what the alternative is.

February 15th, 2012

(Reuters) - Here is a look at Scotland as parliament issues a report on Wednesday on a planned referendum on independence from England. OIL AND ECONOMY: In 2010, the United Kingdom produced 2.2 million barrels of oil and gas equivalent (boe) per day, making it the second largest oil, and third largest gas producer in Europe. The industry employs 440,000 people, 45 percent of them in Scotland ...