Referendum on the independence of Scotland

The referendum on the independence of Scotland is scheduled for 18 september 2014.



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[hide] *1 Background  ==Background[ Edit] == Scotland is part of the United Kingdom and goes inside, just like England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a constituent country. Scotland has a wide degree of autonomyand has its own Parliament. In past centuries it was a sovereign country as a Kingdom, but in 1707 it was by means of the Act of Union United England with southern neighbour.
 * 2 political process to the referendum
 * 3 the referendum
 * 3.1 Polls
 * 4 external links

The call for independence of Scotland (renewed) has never been away, there have been in the ' British ' Scotland always nationalist separatist groups and parties and stirred.

One of those parties, the Scottish National Party (SNP), founded in 1934. The party has known at election time varying successes. As a candidate in elections to theScottish Parliament by 2011, the SNP a hefty profit and they obtained 65 seats, which a majority meant. The took office after Prime Minister and SNP leader Alex Salmondpromised before 2016 to keep a referendum about independence. ==Political process to the referendum[ Edit] == The ambition of Salmond had success. On October 15, 2012, an agreement was signed between Salmond and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, for such a referendum in the fall of 2014. That would be the demand for independence to answer with ' yes ' or ' no '. A little later, on 9 november, was formulated by the Scottish Government the question: "do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country?".

On 16 January 2013 took the British House of Lords unanimously adopted a law to those legal powers to the Scottish Parliament to be able to hold the referendum. This was necessary because retirement of one of the countries is tangent to the constitutional nature of the United Kingdom, where normally has control of the British Parliament. [1]  with this transfer was paved the way for the Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Bill (law on the Scottish independence referendum).

On 26 november 2013 presented Salmond a 670-page White Paper containing both arguments for an independent Scotland as a comprehensive blueprint of how that should come to see.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" len="202" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [2]  the independence goes to the desire of the SNP in Scotland in 2016 and would include the British pound and the British head of State preserve and remain within the European Union, but a private army and carry its own tax system.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" len="202" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [3]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The British Prime Minister Cameron has repeatedly called on the people of Scotland to remain within the context of the United Kingdom.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" len="202" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4]  <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" len="202" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5] ==The referendum<span class="mw-editsection" len="371" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On 21 March 2013 makes the Scottish Government the date on which the referendum will be held: 18 september 2014.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" len="202" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [6]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The question will be is "Scotland Should be an independent country?". (This wording was adopted on January 30, 2013, after criticism had come on the initial wording of 9 november 2012.)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" len="202" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [7]  There can be chosen from the answers ' yes ' or ' no '.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Participation in the plebiscite is open to all citizens living in Scotland by the European Union and of the Commonwealth, with a minimum age of sixteen years.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" len="202" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [8] ===Polls<span class="mw-editsection" len="366" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">From the moment to the referendum is decided there are many polls held. This invariably delivered a majority for the ' no ' camp. On 7 september for the first time one of the polls gave a narrow majority (51%) for a ' yes ' to see. This had immediate impact on the stock markets and politics in London. The pound sterling fell in value, as well as the stock value of Scottish companies.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" len="202" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [9]  the British Government promised greater autonomy for the Scots if they would remain within the Union.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" len="204" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [10]