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Scotland will now set the wheels in motion for a second independence referendum
Dec 13, 2019 09:25The Scottish National Party has enjoyed a landslide victory north of the border, and sent a clear message to Westminster that Scotland will now set the wheels in motion for a second independence referendum from the UK.
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Sinn Fein wins North Belfast seat in general election
Dec 13, 2019 08:58Belfast, Northern Ireland - Sinn Fein have unseated the Democratic Unionist Party's Westminster representative and deputy party leader Nigel Dodd in North Belfast as Sinn Fein enjoyed a 5.4% swing in votes in the traditionally Loyalist held area.
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UK's Johnson wins parliamentary majority, Corbyn to stand down
Dec 13, 2019 05:15British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says his government has got a "powerful new mandate" to deliver Brexit as his ruling Conservative Party won a huge majority in the parliamentary election, according to exit polls.
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Britain Brexit bound as Johnson set for big parliamentary majority: Exit poll
Dec 13, 2019 04:44Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party will win an overwhelming victory in Britain’s election with a majority of 86 seats in parliament to deliver Brexit on Jan. 31, an exit poll showed on Thursday.
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BBC Persian partner in economic terrorism against Iran: UK envoy
Dec 13, 2019 03:34Iran’s UK ambassador says BBC Persian news network is partaking in the US-led campaign of economic terrorism targeting the Islamic Republic by painting a black picture of conditions inside the country and instigating Iranians to take their assets out of banks.
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Brits head to polls in general elections dominated by Brexit
Dec 12, 2019 07:51People in the United Kingdom are heading to the polls to vote in the country’s third general elections in less than five years, as the question of the country’s exit from the European Union (EU) hangs in the air.
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The Conservative Party has come on top in every poll
Dec 12, 2019 05:06As the campaign period draws to a close, there is every indication that the UK Tories are set to score a small victory and thus remain in power.
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Nicola Sturgeon set to reshape the politics of the British Isles
Dec 11, 2019 10:58Nicola Sturgeon is fighting her biggest political battle tomorrow as the outcome of the election is set to determine Scotland’s future for the rest of the century.
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Sturgeon shifts to a more radical position on independence
Dec 10, 2019 11:30With the general election only a few days away, Nicola Sturgeon has thrown down the gauntlet at the entire British political establishment.
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SNP leader rallies Scotland ahead of election
Dec 08, 2019 13:36The leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Nicola Sturgeon, has entered the final leg of the election campaign by warning that the “very future of Scotland” is at stake.