{"id":72077,"date":"2025-05-03T20:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T20:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/72077\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T20:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T20:45:11","slug":"scottish-independence-activists-march-through-glasgow-as-key-figures-snub-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/72077\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish independence activists march through Glasgow as key figures snub event"},"content":{"rendered":"

THOUSANDS of activists flocked to Glasgow today for an annual pro-independence rally.<\/p>\n

One supporter donned a huge top hat adorned with saltires as a sea of blue and white flags flooded the city centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Three women are all smiles as they wrap themselves in the Scottish flagCredit: Alamy\"Man<\/a><\/p>\n

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One happy activist dons a novelty hat adorned with saltiresCredit: Alamy<\/p>\n

The event was snubbed by most elected pro-indy supporters, including John Swinney<\/a>, Patrick Harvie and Stephen Flynn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile others waved Palestine<\/a> flags and unfurled huge banners calling for a separation from the United Kingdom<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Organisers All Under One Banner encouraged members to bring banners, megaphones, flags and pipes to the event.<\/p>\n

They wrote online: “We are proud to announce that around 5,000 people took to the streets of Glasgow<\/a> today, marching for Scottish independence<\/a>, all under one banner.<\/p>\n

“Well done everyone. A great effort all round and a cracking day for it.<\/p>\n

“The fight for independence is on. Scotland shall.”<\/p>\n

However the 5,000 attendees number has been disputed with some sources claiming it to closer to 2,000.<\/p>\n

The event took off from Kelvin Way to Glasgow green and brought a number of roads in the city to a standstill.<\/p>\n

Scots remain split down the middle on independence<\/a> but now reckon a UK split will not happen for decades, polling reveals.<\/p>\n

Some 40 per cent back going it alone while 44 per cent favour staying in the\u00a0UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Yes\/No divide was 48\/52, excluding undecideds and non-voters, compared to 45\/55 in 2014\u2019s historic\u00a0referendum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And More in Common\u2019s\u00a0research<\/a>\u00a0for The Scottish Sun on Sunday also revealed voters are now less likely to think independence will happen while they are alive.<\/p>\n

Around two-thirds of Scots previously predicted the break-up of the UK within 30 years, at\u00a0the height of Nats\u2019 popularity in 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But asked last week if\u00a0Scotland<\/a>\u00a0will become independent in their lifetime, 48 per cent said no, while 30 per cent said yes and 22 per cent were unsure.<\/p>\n

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Scottish independence activists with flags march through Glasgow todayCredit: Tom Farmer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THOUSANDS of activists flocked to Glasgow today for an annual pro-independence rally. One supporter donned a huge top…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,5119,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-72077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-section-newsscottish-news","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114445859186374998","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}