About Independence
Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which its residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over the territory. The opposite of independence is the status of a dependent territory.
Scottish independence: How did we get here and what happens next?
...By Angus CochraneBBC Scotland NewsAlmost a decade on from the 2014 referendum, the SNP are going back to the drawing board in their bid to secure Scottish Independence...
Chris Mason: SNP leader Humza Yousaf struggling in political headwind
... Recent blows The SNP have dominated the Scottish contingent of MPs at Westminster in every general election since the Independence referendum in 2014...
How have Humza Yousaf's first 100 days as first minister gone?
... A broader debate over the SNP s core policy - Independence - has also flourished under Mr Yousaf...
Will Humza Yousaf's broad approach deliver Scottish independence?
... " At the time, Ms Sturgeon defined " winning" as securing at least 50% of the electorate s support for the SNP - and therefore for Independence - in a general election...
Ian Blackford to stand down as SNP MP at next election
... He added: " Having stood down as SNP Westminster leader, I have gone through a period of reflection as to how I can best assist the party and the cause of Independence - a cause I have campaigned for since joining the SNP as a teenager in the 1970s...
Where next for Scotland as the Nicola Sturgeon era ends?
... The Conservative prime minister Boris Johnson refused to recognise a pro-Independence majority in the Scottish Parliament - the accepted trigger for the first referendum in 2014 - as a mandate for a second vote...
SNP leadership: Voting opens as race enters final fortnight
... On Sunday, Mr Yousaf told the BBC he would and " any means necessary" so long as it was legal in order to secure Independence...
SNP leadership: Will faith turn the tide for Scottish independence?
... " My polling as it were is based on conversations with normal, ordinary people over the last seven months and to a person they say focus on the NHS, focus on the cost of living crisis, and focus on making the case for Independence...