independence

US is ill at ease with itself, but bashing Independence Day as ‘racist’ will only disunite the divided country further

The Fourth of July is the celebration of the founding of the nation back in 1776, when the Declaration of…

3 years ago

‘True African icon’: Zambian founding father Kenneth Kaunda, independence hero who helped lead fight against HIV/AIDS, dies at 97

The former president’s son, Kambarage Kaunda, confirmed his passing on Thursday. “I’m sad to inform, we’ve lost Mzee (elder),” the…

3 years ago

Goodbye ‘Freedom’ and ‘Independence’? US Navy plans to retire underpowered ships over objections from Congress

USS Independence (LCS-2) will be decommissioned on July 31, while the Freedom (LCS-1) will join the reserve fleet at the end…

3 years ago

George Galloway: Here’s why there WON’T be a second referendum on Scottish independence anytime soon

Despite the best efforts of the BBC, which has forgotten what the first B in its name stands for, the…

3 years ago

Fresh from victory, Nicola Sturgeon says she’ll ‘lead Scotland to independence’

“I hope to lead Scotland to independence,” Sturgeon told the BBC’s Andrew Marr on Sunday, adding that it would be…

3 years ago

‘I’m not proposing a referendum right now’ says Sturgeon in independence U-turn as elections loom

“I don’t believe we should propose a referendum right at this moment,” Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told BBC Radio…

3 years ago

George Galloway: Both pro- and anti-independence leaders in Scotland are now RT hosts. Sturgeon may want to get out of the way

A Scottish political opera isn't over until the fat laddie sings, and yesterday burly big beast Alex Salmond took the…

3 years ago

Nicola Sturgeon, and Scottish independence, forges on. The Salmond case is not the Watergate her enemies hoped for

It’s not every day that a sitting leader of a government gets grilled live on TV for their citizens to…

3 years ago

Catalan independence supporters increase majority in local parliament, plan to form government

The three pro-independence parties have increased their majority by four seats. They now hold 74 of the 135 of the…

3 years ago

Boris Johnson can’t stop Scottish independence with a vaccine

By the time the clock strikes midnight in London on Wednesday, the United Kingdom will very likely have passed the…

3 years ago