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## Scotland


* ![Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister and leader of the Scottish National Party \(SNP\), speaks during the Institute of Directors \(IoD\) Annual Convention 2016 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, U.K., on Sept. 27, 2016. Sturgeon said a second referend](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec11e58c7f9127d8/6988a9d60a4a22cd589cba04/nicola-sturgeon-scotland-referendum.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 28, 2017  
## [Scotland Independence Referendum in Works After Vote](https://time.com/4715337/scottish-parliament-independence-referendum/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Kate Samuelson
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3823cd7a73ac335c/6988b00efb4eacddcf8900c0/st-andrews-day-2016-5751836586803200-3-hp2x.gif?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 30, 2016  
## [Google Doodle Celebrates St. Andrews Day](https://time.com/4585694/google-doodle-st-andrews-day/)  
by Tekendra Parmar
* ![Scottish independence](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt346955aad4893d44/6988a4d6e20a87aec7a9247b/ap_311050394626.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 5, 2016  
## [Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Reveals She Had Devastating Miscarriage](https://time.com/4479135/scotlands-first-minister-nicola-sturgeon-reveals-she-had-devastating-miscarriage/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Kate Samuelson
* ![British nurse Pauline Cafferkey speaks during a January 2015 interview in London, in this still image taken from video footage](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffaf59e9ee3e1bca/6988a2eb2dce0145be9ea595/rts4mcu.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 19, 2016  
## [Ebola Nurse Survivor Accused of 'Concealing Temperature' On Return to U.K.](https://time.com/4458757/ebola-pauline-cafferkey-temperature/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Nash Jenkins
* ![Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds a news conference at the Scotland House on her visit in Brussels, Belgium, June 29, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt904cf77f669bb205/69889a4dab6d7795af6aa493/nicola-sturgeon-scotland-brexit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 1, 2016  
## [Why Brexit Means Scottish Independence Is Off The Table—For Now](https://time.com/4390951/brexit-scottish-independence-barriers/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Alex Massie  
* ![BELGIUM-EU-POLITICS-SCOTLAND](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24c02cca40a3ccbb/69889a47bc6cfc05273dda3f/gettyimages-543616312.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 30, 2016  
## [Nicola Sturgeon Wants Scotland to Remain in the E.U.](https://time.com/4390390/brexit-referendum-scotland-nicola-sturgeon-european-union/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
* ![SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon launches the Scottish National Party manifesto at the Edinburgh International Climbing Arena, EICA Ratho, on April 20, 2015 in Edinburgh, Scotland](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd15c54bda168c375/698899b3cf40a8a648c43caf/nicola-sturgeon-scotland-eu.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 28, 2016  
## [Nicola Sturgeon Will Ask European Union to Maintain Links With Scotland](https://time.com/4385307/brexit-nicola-sturgeon-referendum-scotland-martin-schulz-eu/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Tara John
* ![Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo \(C\) gestures a she leaves after a meeting with members of the Government in Gibraltar on June 24, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa7a53c829d102d0/6988998fbc6cfc3c573dd8fe/gibraltar-scotland.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 27, 2016  
## [Gibraltar and Scotland Are in Talks to Stay in E.U., Gibraltar Chief Minister Says](https://time.com/4383933/brexit-gibraltar-scotland-stay/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Melissa Chan
* ![Comedian Lee Nelson is taken away by security while holding golf balls stamped with swastika as he protests against Presumptive Republican nominee for US president Donald Trump a he gave a press conference on the 9th tee at his Trump Turnberry Resort on ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06ffd07c301c3661/69889953428a9e664bcd32e1/donald-trump-golf-balls.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 24, 2016  
## [Comedian Interrupts Trump to Hand Out Swastika Golf Balls](https://time.com/4381705/comedian-interrupts-donald-trump-to-hand-out-swastika-golf-balls/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by TIME Staff
* ![A Union flag flies next to the flag of the European Union in Westminster, London](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c9ce4706edacc5a/698899403c1639466645dc6d/rtx2hwqv-layout-comp.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 24, 2016  
## [How Brexit Could Split Up the U.K.](https://time.com/4381190/brexit-ireland-scotland-leave-united-kingdom/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Casey Quackenbush  
* ![GOP 2016 Trump-Climate Change](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91ccce1d367289bf/69889931cf40a87689c43bf5/donald-trump-turnberry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 23, 2016  
## [Inside Donald Trump's Strange Foreign Trip](https://time.com/4380041/donald-trump-scotland-turnberry/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Alex Altman
* ![FILES-GOLF-TRUMP-US-VOTE-BRITAIN](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e35d779d7fb01fe/698898fef887dcea60e96592/donald-trump19.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 22, 2016  
## [Why Some People in Scotland Really Hate Donald Trump](https://time.com/4378489/donald-trump-scotland/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Melissa Chan
* ![Nicola Sturgeon, gives her first key note speech as SNP party leader at the partys annual conference on November 15, 2014 in Perth, Scotland.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05372e55a9ae387f/6988984a3c1639e01345db10/sturgeon-eu-scotland.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 17, 2016  
## [Scottish Nationalists Will Appeal to Brussels if U.K. Votes to Leave E.U.](https://time.com/4372935/nicola-sturgeon-snp-eu-referendum-scotland/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Tara John
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
May 10, 2016  
## [Man Faces Hate-Crime Charges Over Video of Dog Performing Nazi Salute](https://time.com/4324022/nazi-pug-hate-crime-charges/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Sarah Begley
* ![SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon arrives at the count for the Scottish Parliament elections at the Emirates Arena on May 6, 2016 in Glasgow,Scotland.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0719ec0fbf8ff4d7/6988921bab6d77120d6a9939/nicola-sturgeon-snp-historic.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 6, 2016  
## [Scottish National Party Claims 'Historic' Third Win in a Row](https://time.com/4320684/snp-scottish-elections-win-nicola-sturgeon/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Tara John

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