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4 unusual facts about SNP


Fife Council election, 2003

SNP, Liberal Democrats and independents all increase there share of the vote and number of councillors.

Paul Brannigan

At the SNP 2012 Party Conference, he spoke of his belief that Scotland should break away from the United Kingdom in 2014 and become an independent country once more.

Scottish mafia

That number has stayed relatively steady, with the party winning only 15 seats in the most recent election, making it the No. 3 party in Scottish politics after the SNP and Labour.

Vesicular monoamine transporter

The effects of some of these SNPs have been alteration of VMAT function, structure and regulation.


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A Constitution for a Free Scotland

In September 2002, the Scottish National Party (SNP) published a document, entitled A Constitution for a Free Scotland, which details their policy for the Constitution of a future independent Scotland.

Bristow Muldoon

He represented the constituency of Livingston in the Scottish Parliament from 1999 to 2007, but then lost the seat to Angela Constance of the SNP.

Clare Adamson

Prior to entering public life, Clare worked for four years at the SNP HQ Campaign Unit as Project Manager of the Party’s 'Activate Project'.

Crown Estate

After winning the 2011 Scottish election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) called for the devolution of the Crown Estate income to Scotland.

Deans, West Lothian

Deans has been part of the Almond Valley Constituency since 1999 and is represented by the Scottish National Party (SNP) Angela Constance who has held the seat since 2007 when the constituency was called Livingston.

Dragiša Pešić

After the fall of Milošević, DOS needed on the Yugoslav federal level the SNP for majority formation, because Đukanović had boycotted the last Yugoslav elections and openly national independence was explained as the goal.

Edinburgh Airport Rail Link

The Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Scottish Green Party both opposed the project on grounds of cost and because it duplicated existing bus services.

Glasgow Govan by-election

Glasgow Govan by-election, 1973, won by Margo MacDonald of the Scottish National Party (SNP)

Glasgow Govan by-election, 1988, won by Jim Sillars of the Scottish National Party (SNP)

Gorilla scandal

The first popular political protest took place at the SNP Square in Bratislava on 27 January 2012.

History of the Scottish Socialist Party

The SSA's electoral stance was that there needed to be a left alternative to New Labour and the SNP, and the SSA felt that the experience had been enough of a success to go on to form the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) in 1998, with Tommy Sheridan as its convenor, in advance of the Scottish Parliament general election, 1999.

Impact of health on intelligence

A potential resolution to these different interpretations was proposed in a study showing that breastfeeding was linked to raised IQ (as much as 7 points when not controlling for maternal IQ) if the infants had an SNP coding for a "C" rather than G base within the FADS2 gene.

Jamie Hepburn

Whilst a student, Hepburn ran the unsuccessful campaign for Alasdair Gray to become the Rector of the University of Glasgow and was the Senior Vice-President at the Glasgow University Students' Representative Council, a post once held by his SNP Parliamentary colleague Alasdair Allan.

John Finnie

Finnie resigned from the SNP on 23 October 2012 over the party's decision to support NATO membership for an independent Scotland.

John Swinney

Swinney joined the SNP at the age of 15, citing his anger at the way in which Scotland had been portrayed by television commentators at the Commonwealth Games.

Keaveney

DNA research indicates that Keaveney males are generally found to be of Haplogroup I, SNP L161, and therefore descendants of some of the earliest British Isles inhabitants.

Livingston Village

Livingston Village is part of the Almond Valley Constituency since 1999 and is represented by the Scottish National Party (SNP) Angela Constance who has held the seat since 2007 when the constituency was called Livingston.

Marker-assisted selection

DNA-based and/or molecular- A unique gene (DNA sequence), occurring in proximity to the gene or locus of interest, can be identified by a range of molecular techniques such as RFLP, RAPD, AFLP, DAF, SCAR, microsatellite, or single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) detection.

Momir Bulatović

After the fall of Milošević in 2000, Predrag Bulatović took over the leadership of the SNP CG and democratised it.

Newsquest

On 10 July 2007 the NUJ reported that the UK’s Competition Commission was investigating allegations made by SNP MP for Perth and North Perthshire Pete Wishart that Newsquest had given it misleading evidence while it was considering whether the Liberal Democrat supporting company should be permitted to take over titles from SMG.

Predrag Bulatović

After the poor result in the 2006 Montenegrin parliamentary election, when the number of seats won by SNP's coalition fell from 30 down to 11, Bulatović resigned from the position of party's president, along with the three vice presidents.

Rod Campbell

:For the SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament, see Roderick Campbell.

Roseanna Cunningham

In the first reshuffle of the SNP Government in February 2009, Cunningham was appointed as Minister for the Environment.

Rs1799913

In genetics, rs1799913, also called A779C, is a gene variation—a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)— in the TPH1 gene.

Scotch on the Rocks

A paramilitary organisation operating on the fringes of the SNP, the Scottish Liberation Army, stages a rising, seizing Fort William.

Scottish Assembly

The Scots National League was formed in 1920 in favour of Scottish independence, and this movement was superseded in 1928 by the formation of the National Party of Scotland, which became the Scottish National Party (SNP) in 1934.

Scottish Conservative Party

The replacement of Margaret Thatcher with John Major did see a very small increase in their vote in the 1992 election when they campaigned on a "Save the Union" ticket against a resurgent SNP and took back the Aberdeen South seat.

Seychelles International Repatriation Onward Program

The other political parties involved were CDU Dr Maxime Ferrari, Mr Andre Uzice, DP Mr David Joubert, SDP & Mouvement Pour la Democracy Sir James Mancham, Alliance Mr Christopher Savy and Mr Lewis Betsey, SNP Mr Philippe Boullé, Seychelles National Party Mr Edmond Camille, Mr Gabriel Houreau, Mr Robert Frichot, Mr Paul Chow, Mr Ralph Volcer, also UKSCA Executives 1987.

St. Paul Airport

St. Paul Island Airport on St. Paul Island, Alaska, United States (IATA: SNP)

Yes Scotland

The campaign has the support of two parties represented in the Scottish Parliament - the governing Scottish National Party and the Scottish Greens - as well as all three former SNP MSPs who now sit as independent Members: Margo MacDonald, Jean Urquhart and John Finnie, and also of former Independent MSP Bill Walker.

Two weeks after the official launch of the campaign, Scottish Green Party co-leader Patrick Harvie distanced his party from Yes Scotland, saying it was "entirely an SNP vehicle".


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