A cross-party group of British lawmakers say Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government has been holding asylum seekers and other migrants, including women with babies and children, in “shocking conditions” after they crossed the English Channel.

The Scottish National Party (SNP) has published a manifesto, calling for an independence referendum by the end of 2023.

As Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon comes under pressure to explain her role during the investigation into her predecessor the danger is the inquiry could end up permanently dividing the Scottish nationalist community.

Downing Street's strategy of containing the Scottish independence movement is in tatters after Boris Johnson's "Union adviser" quits his role barely two weeks into the job.

Britain is becoming a failed state, not only through the poor mishandling of various crises by the British government, but also because of the ever widening and deepening divisions within the British socio political system.

The Scottish National Party has prepared the conditions for a confrontation with London by releasing a new 11-point plan to achieve Scottish independence.

Scottish leaders Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond have praised the life-long work and legacy of actor and patriot Sean Connery.