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Scottish National Party

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Concerns about an English border loom over Scottish elections

Borders

Political heat is rising in the Scottish borderlands as pro-independence parties lean toward getting the majority in Thursday’s Scottish parliamentary elections.

Nicola Sturgeon, leader of the Scottish National Party, reacts to election results at a counting center in Glasgow, Scotland, on May 8, 2015.

‘This is possibly our last vote and we’re going out to vote SNP’

Global Politics
Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon display the SNP's election manifesto in Edinburgh, Scotland, on April 21, 2015.

The UK’s likely election kingmaker doesn’t even want to be part of the UK

Global Politics
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