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Scotland and the Battle for Britain

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Andrew Marr

Mark Radice

John Curtice

Alex Salmond

Alistair Darling

Alastair Moffat

Nicola Sturgeon

Bob Buskie

Ian Wood

Paul Johnson

Alex Bell

Chris Van Der Kuyl

Ruth Davidson

Michael Forsyth

Brian Wilson

Scotland and the Battle for Britain: Episode 2

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Episode 2

BBC Two - Scotland and the Battle for Britain, Episode 2

Andrew Marr looks back at the historic Scottish Independence Referendum of 2014.

Andrew Marr discovers why Scotland has changed so much politically. Andrew looks back at the historic Scottish Independence Referendum of 2014.

Exactly two years ago, Scotland held a referendum in which people voted no to Scottish independence. This year, the whole of the UK voted in the EU referendum and a narrow majority voted to Brexit. Andrew Marr charts an extraordinary period of political turmoil that is affecting the whole of the UK. Is this age of uncertainty going to end with Scotland becoming independent and the break-up of Britain?

In the second of these films, Andrew Marr looks back at the historic Scottish Independence Referendum of 2014. Why did support for pro-independence Yes Scotland rise from 28% to 45%? How did unionist Better Together eventually persuade a majority to vote no? And now Andrew discovers how the independence referendum has transformed Scottish politics. The battle is no longer between left and right - it remains pitched between yes and no.

In the EU referendum in June 2016, while England and Wales voted to leave the European Union, every single local authority area in Scotland voted to remain. Politics in Scotland is moving apart from Britain - but this doesn't make the result of a second independence referendum a foregone conclusion. There are a number of political and economic problems that the SNP must seek to resolve.

Andrew examines the options now facing Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP. The Nationalists have risen from outsiders to become the new Scottish status quo. How will they will they negotiate the opportunity now given to them by the Brexit vote and convince the Scottish people, this time, to vote for independence?

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Andrew Marr discovers why the Scotland he grew up in has changed so much politically.

Andrew Marr discovers why the Scotland he grew up in has changed so much politically, and whether, after the Brexit vote, we will see Scottish independence and the break-up of the UK.

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