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British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday congratulated Alistair Darling, the man who spearheaded the campaign against Scottish independence, as partial results indicated Scotland had voted to stay in the United Kingdom by a clear margin. “I’ve spoken to Alistair

EDINBURGH, United Kingdom – Canvassers for the Better Together campaign have told Breitbart London they are seeing registered ‘No’ voters switching to ‘Yes’ on the doorstep. Although the picture is still hazy the movement has caused concern in the No

It sounds mad, but a toss of the coin could, technically, decide the fate of the United Kingdom and Scotland.  Oddly enough, even with polls as close as they currently are, the Edinburgh Agreement signed by David Cameron and Alex

A former Conservative Party election candidate will stand for UKIP at next year’s General Election, Breitbart London understands. Peter Whittle, director of the influential New Culture Forum, stood for the Conservative Party at local elections in 2006, but has since

British Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday pleaded with Scots to vote ‘No’ to independence and to uphold the 307 year political union called the United Kingdom. Speaking in Aberdeen, Mr Cameron gave an impassioned speech, saying:  “If you don’t like

EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Britain promised to guarantee Scotland’s high levels of state funding, granting Scots control over healthcare spending in a last-ditch attempt to shore up support for the United Kingdom before Thursday’s vote on independence. With polls showing the

David Cameron just delivered a masterclass in speech-giving in front of a pro-UK audience in Aberdeen in Scotland. In case you missed it, you can read the full text here.  Most regular readers will recognise that I’m not exactly Cameron’s

Her Majesty the Queen has, after weeks of speculation made her thoughts on Scottish independence known publicly for the first time, after she told Scottish Independence well wishers to think “very carefully about the future” after attending a Sunday church

British Prime Minister David Cameron may recall parliament at the end of either next week or the week after to seek approval for air strikes against terrorist organisation ISIS. The delay in bringing MPs back is to ensure the debate

MADRID, Spain – The governing council of Spain’s capital city, Madrid, today unveiled the country’s ‘Margaret Thatcher Plaza’, marking the culmination of the first major project following the former British Prime Minister’s death last year. The project was pioneered by

The Prime Minister has said that tragic news of the beheading of British citizen David Haines by ISIS terrorists will not prompt the United Kingdom into a knee-jerk reaction, though he promised to “destroy ISIL with an iron determination”. David

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister David Cameron is summoning military and security chiefs for an emergency meeting Sunday in response to the beheading of a British hostage and a threat against another. The meeting comes after Islamic extremists released a

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron reacted to the beheading video of British aid worker David Haines by saying, “The murder of David Haines is an act of pure evil. My heart goes out to his family who

Thousands of members of the Protestant Orange order marched through Edinburgh on Saturday in a show of strength against Scottish independence, as the final weekend of campaigning for the referendum got underway with everything to play for. Up to 15,000

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian politicians who almost saw their country torn apart by an independence referendum in 1995 say pro-union British leaders have been slow to learn lessons from that campaign but can still take steps to win the vote

Germany’s flagship Bard 1 offshore wind farm has been described as “a faulty total system” as technical problems continue to plague the project, casting major doubts on the feasibility of large scale offshore projects. The wind farm was officially turned

PARIS (Reuters) – Britain’s international partners are aghast, mostly in silence, at the possibility one of the leading Western powers could break up and turn in on itself if Scotland votes for independence from London. Many fear such a split

A letter calling for a no confidence vote in Prime Minister and party leader David Cameron has been drafted by Conservative backbenchers in the House of Commons, Breitbart London understands.  Sources within the UK’s lower legislative chamber have told us

Conflicting messages emanating from Buckingham Palace amid calls by British politicians for the Queen to take a stand on Scottish Independence are causing confusion and frustration in the UK, as the referendum campaign enters its final week. Unofficial briefings made

EDINBURGH, United Kingdom – Prime Minister David Cameron has said that he would be “heartbroken” if Scotland left the UK. Cameron was speaking as part of a concerted effort by the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats to revive the faltering

There is further evidence that businesses are beginning to panic as Scotland prepares to vote on whether it should become an independent country.  It has been revealed that Standard Life, one of Scotland’s biggest financial firms, has drawn up plans

EDINBURGH, United Kingdom (for now) – Anyone claiming to know how the Scottish independence bid ends is telling you a big, fat lie. Sir Jeremy Heywood, who is the most senior bureaucrat in the British government, admitted there are no

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron implored Scots on Wednesday to shun independence to keep the United Kingdom “family” intact as he scrambled to stem a steep rise in secessionist support ahead of the Sept. 18 vote. In

EDINBURGH, Scotland, United Kingdom – Better Together, the (‘No Thanks’) campaign against Scottish independence, is ramping up its efforts to win the referendum after a lacklustre campaign. A YouGov poll from this weekend – showing the yes campaign pulling ahead

A female British jihadist who is believed to be living in the Syrian city of Raqqa has condemned Prime Minister David Cameron for “waging wars” against Muslims, saying she woud like to see his “head on a spike”. The 18-year-old

Speaking in Parliament, British Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed there have been at least six serious attacks planned against member states of the European Union by the self-declared Islamic State, reports The Express. Making a statement to the house

Politicians on both sides of the political divide have called for Her Majesty the Queen to make an intervention on the matter of Scottish independence, but fears of politicising the Monarchy have left the Prime Minister and Cabinet office paralysed

The leaders of all three main parties in the UK have agreed to miss tomorrow’s weekly instalment of Prime Minister’s Questions and travel to Scotland in a last-ditch bid to save the Union. Prime Minister David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister

With sterling tumbling at the start of the week, in response to an opinion poll showing support for Scottish independence 2 points in the lead, and the FTSE 100 declining by 0.3 per cent, £3.5bn was knocked off the market

One in four Scottish voters believe British spies are trying to stop them voting for independence next week, according to a new poll. The YouGov poll for Buzzfeed shows that 26 percent of Scots think it is “probably true” that

Cameron’s Conservative Party should ditch “leftie nonsense” according to research by the opinion pollsters ComRes. The poll says traditionally Thatcherite policies like caps in immigration would prove popular with voters. In recent years the Conservatives have haemorrhaged support from traditional voters

One of the constants in British politics seems to be how nasty those who accuse others of being “extremists” often come across.  Just look at the abuse that Nigel Farage has taken in the European Parliament. He’s been called mad,

Conservative Members of Parliament are apparently demanding that Prime Minister David Cameron begin to consider an electoral pact with Nigel Farage’s UK Independence Party, with some even contending that he should become Deputy Prime Minister next year. Jacob Rees-Mogg MP

The ‘yes’ campaign have taken the lead in a new poll for the Scottish independence referendum, in a result that will send shockwaves through the United Kingdom. With just 11 days to go until polling day, a YouGov poll for

Over the last week, I watched in disgust as the Rotherham sex scandal hit the headlines and the full horror of the abuse of 1400 girls in the town was brought to light. As far back as 2012, I was