Scottish self-government

Scottish independence (Scots: Scots unthirldom,Scottish Gaelic: Neo-eisimeileachd na h-Alba) is a political aim of various political parties, advocacy groups, and individuals in Scotland (which is a country of the United Kingdom) for the country to become an independent sovereign state.

A national referendum was held in Scotland on 18 September 2014. Voters were asked to answer either "Yes" or "No" to the question: "Should Scotland be an independent country?" 55.3% of voters answered "No" and 44.7% answered "Yes", with a voter turnout of 84.5%.

Following the United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union, in which Scotland voted to remain, the leader of the Scottish National Party and First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, has stated that the prospect of a second Scottish independence referendum is "highly likely". Sturgeon announced on 13 March 2017, that the following week she would seek authority from the Scottish Parliament to agree with the UK Government initial arrangements, for a second referendum to be held between Autumn 2018 and Spring 2019. Prime Minister Theresa May has stated that her government will not agree to this proposal.

Scotland emerged as an independent polity during the Early Middle Ages, with some historians dating its foundation from the reign of Kenneth MacAlpin in 843. The level of independence of the Scottish kingdom was fought over by the Scottish kings and by the Norman and Angevin rulers of England who petitioned the Pope and other foreign rulers. A popular myth in English folklore was that Britain had been founded by Brutus of Troy, who had left England to his eldest son, Locrinus, and Scotland to his youngest son, Albanactus. Scots disputed this and established their own popular myth, which was that Scotland had been founded earlier, by a Greek prince Goídel Glas and his wife Scota, daughter of the Pharaoh. According to legend, Scota carried the Stone of Destiny from Egypt to Scotland.

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