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Now Scotland is not setting any membership targets, but is determined to build quickly and well to carry forward the independence campaign NOW Scotland is set to become the first national membership organisation of the Yes Movement this weekend. Some say it should have happened years ago, but The National can reveal that the group – whose logo, right, has been printed here for the first time – will formally launch at the weekend when its website goes live. Now Scotland is not setting any membership targets, but is determined to build quickly and well to carry forward the independence campaign.
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Saoirse Ronan played Mary, Queen of Scots in 2018. But Dr Allan Kennedy of Dundee University says film and TV must cover broader subjects to improve our knowledge of Scottish history POOR TV about Scotland’s history helps perpetuate myths and misunderstandings about our place in the Union and the British empire, a leading historian says. Imagined versions of Scotland are seen on screen in shows like US time-travel romance Outlander or movies like 2018’s Mary Queen of Scots, which was criticised for its inaccurate portrayal of the monarch’s life and death. Now an expert in a key period of the country’s past says the broadcast of fact-filled documentaries and dramas could help dispel mistaken ideas about Scotland’s status, including the notion that it is a British colony.
Scotland s leader wants to force legal independence vote
Rodney Jefferson and Alastair Reed, Bloomberg
Jan. 24, 2021
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Demonstrators march with various flags across a road junction during an All Under One Banner (AUOB) march for Scottish independence in Glasgow on Jan. 11. All Under One Banner aims to unify independent activists all over Scotland and raise the profile of the need for an independent Scotland.Bloomberg photo by Emily Macinnes
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she remains committed to a legal referendum on independence after her party set out a plan of action should the U.K. government continue to refuse to grant one.