Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, succeeds in getting a 10-vote majority in the Scottish Parliament for her plan to hold a second independence referendum around March 2019 when Brexit takes effect. In a later interview with the BBC, the Scottish Secretary elaborates saying that the British Government would not agree that another referendum be held until the early 2020s. More details in the link below [“Scottish Parliament votes for second independence referendum” by Severin Carrell, The Guardian online 29 March 2017]
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
