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.
Incumbents
Further information:
Politics of Scotland
and
Order of precedence in Scotland
First Minister
and
Keeper of the Great Seal
–
Alex Salmond
Secretary of State for Scotland
–
Michael Moore
Law officers
Lord Advocate
–
Frank Mulholland
Solicitor General for Scotland
–
Lesley Thomson
Advocate General for Scotland
–
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
Judiciary
Lord President of the Court of Session
and
Lord Justice General
–
Lord Hamilton
until 8 June; then
Lord Gill
Lord Justice Clerk
–
Lord Gill
, then
Lord Carloway
Chairman of the Scottish Land Court
–
Lord McGhie
Events
January
6 January
– The
Scottish National Party
takes control of
Clackmannanshire Council
after a vote of no confidence in its
Labour
administration.
[
1
]
10 January
– The
Scottish Government
announces that it plans to hold the
independence referendum
in the autumn of 2014.
[
2
]
17 January
The
Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill
is introduced to create unified Scottish police and fire services (
Police Scotland
and the
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
).
[
3
]
The
Commission on the Consequences of Devolution for the House of Commons
is established by the
UK Government
, with the remit of addressing the
West Lothian Question
, possibly removing some voting rights from
Scottish MPs
;
[
4
]
it is expected to report in the Spring of 2013.
[
5
]
19 January
–
Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012
passed. It will be repealed after 6 years,
25 January
– Scotland's First Minister,
Alex Salmond
, sets out the question – "Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country?" – that he intends to ask voters in the 2014 referendum.
[
6
]
February
14 February
–
Rangers Football Club
enters administration.
[
7
]
16 February
– UK Prime Minister
David Cameron
has offered to consider more powers for Scotland, in the event of a vote against independence.
[
8
]
19 February
– Sectarian chants and songs mar the first match
Rangers
play following the club being put into administration.
[
9
]
24 February
–
Falkirk
MP
Eric Joyce
is charged with three counts of common assault after a disturbance at a
House of Commons
bar.
[
10
]
March
4 March
–
Paul McBride
QC
, Scotland's most senior lawyer, is found dead in a hotel room whilst on a visit to
Pakistan
.
[
11
]
9 March
– Falkirk MP Eric Joyce is given a bar ban and a £3,000 fine over his Commons brawl.
[
12
]
14 March
–
Perth
is granted
city status in the United Kingdom
following competition amongst candidate places to mark the
Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II
, becoming the seventh Scottish city at this date.
[
13
]
23 March
–
Diageo
ceases production of
Johnnie Walker
Scotch whisky
in
Kilmarnock
.
[
14
]
25 March
–
Rural Affairs Secretary
Richard Lochhead
announces that the
Scottish Government
is moving ahead with its plans for a
rural parliament
, as outlined in Programme for Scotland 2011–2012.
[
15
]
27 March
– A gas leak at the
Elgin-Franklin fields
forces the evacuation of 238 workers.
[
16
]
April
18 April
– In a rare move, television cameras are allowed into
The High Court in Edinburgh
to film the sentencing of David Gilroy for the
murder of Suzanne Pilley
.
[
17
]
May
1 May
– Scotland Bill becomes
Scotland Act (2012)
after Royal Assent.
3 May
–
Scottish local elections
held across all 32 local authorities result in the SNP making 61 gains and winning the largest number of councillors in Scotland, as well as gaining control of Dundee and Angus. Labour makes 48 gains and gains control of West Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire. The Liberal Democrats lose over half of their councillors allowing the Conservatives, who also lose councillors, to end the day as the third-largest party in local government.
[
18
]
19 May
– The
National Trust for Scotland
announce that the first
cursing stone
to be found in the country, dated to circa 800, has been discovered on
Canna
.
[
19
]
25 May
– The
Yes Scotland
campaign for the
2014 Scottish independence referendum
is formally launched.
[
20
]
June
14 June
– A proposed
company voluntary arrangement
to get
Rangers F.C.
out of administration is rejected meaning the club will now enter
liquidation
.
[
21
]
25 June
– The
Better Together
campaign for a "No" vote in the
2014 Scottish independence referendum
is formally launched.
[
22
]
July
4 July
– An application by
Rangers F.C.
to transfer their membership share in the
Scottish Premier League
to a new company is rejected.
[
23
]
October
1 October
–
Scotland's Rural College
formed by merger of the
land based colleges
of Barony,
Elmwood
and Oatridge with the
Scottish Agricultural College
.
15 October
–
UK Prime Minister
David Cameron
and
Scottish First Minister
Alex Salmond
sign the
Edinburgh Agreement
– a deal setting out the terms of a
referendum on Scottish independence
.
[
24
]
Undated
2012 is the seventeenth-wettest year on record for Scotland, according to the
Met Office
.
[
25
]
Sport
8 January
–
Mike McEwen
of Canada wins the
2012 Mercure Perth Masters
event, part of the
2011–12 World Curling Tour
.
20
–
22 January
:
2012 Glynhill Ladies International
at Braehead, part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour
22 January
– Greenock-born kicker
Lawrence Tynes
scores a 31-yard field goal in overtime that wins a place in the
Super Bowl
final against the
New England Patriots
in the United States.
[
26
]
8 April
– Scotland win the silver medal at the
2012 World Men's Curling Championship
.
18 May
– The first all-Edinburgh
Scottish Cup
final in 106 years is won by
Heart of Midlothian F.C.
27 May
–
Dario Franchitti
wins his 3rd
Indianapolis 500
.
[
27
]
6 July
–
Andy Murray
makes it to the final of the
2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
, becoming the first Briton to do so in 74 years.
[
28
]
He is defeated at the final two days later by
Roger Federer
.
[
29
]
3 August
– Quarter-final of the
women's football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics
, at
Hampden Park
, Glasgow
5 August
– In
Olympic tennis
Andy Murray
defeats
Roger Federer
to win the
men's singles final
, securing Britain's 16th gold medal in the process.
[
30
]
10 September
–
Andy Murray
wins the
US Open Tennis Championship
, the first British man to win a
Grand Slam
tournament since
1936
.
[
31
]
Deaths
2 January
–
Ian Bargh
, composer, (born
1935
)
4 January
–
Kerry McGregor
, singer-songwriter and actress (born
1974
)
6 January
–
Louise Gibson Annand
, painter and film-maker (born
1915
)
9 January
–
Bill Dickie
, president of the
Scottish Football Association
(born
1929
)
14 January
Janey Buchan
,
Labour Party
Member of the European Parliament for Glasgow 1979–94 (born
1926
)
Pearse Hutchinson
, poet, broadcaster and translator (born
1927
)
24 January
–
Moira Milton
(née Paterson), golfer (born
1923
)
26 January
–
Alex Eadie
, Labour MP for Midlothian (born
1920
)
14 February
–
Tom McAnearney
, football player and manager (born
1933
)
27 February
– Thomas Watter, last surviving Scottish volunteer in the Spanish Civil War (age 99)
[
32
]
4 March
–
Paul McBride
, criminal lawyer (born
1964
)
21 March
–
Derick Thomson
, Gaelic scholar and poet (born
1921
)
24 March
–
Jocky Wilson
, darts player (born
1950
)
6 April
Larry Canning
, footballer (born
1925
)
Janet Roberts
, supercentenarian, oldest person in Scotland at time of death (born
1901
)
7 April
–
Alexander Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Leven
, soldier, councillor, Lord Lieutenant of Nairn (1969–99) and president of the British Ski and Snowboard Federation (born
1924
)
28 April
–
Tom Spence
, football player and manager (born
1962
)
15 May
–
George Wyllie
, artist (born
1921
)
30 September
– Bobby Hogg, last native speaker of the
Cromarty
dialect of
North Northern Scots
[
33
]
[
34
]
(born c.1920)
24 November
–
Ian Campbell
, folk singer (born
1933
)
The arts
22 June
–
Brave
, a 3D computer-animated fantasy adventure film set in Scotland, is released.
6
–
8 July
–
T in the Park 2012
, a music festival at
Balado
.
September –
Kathleen Jamie
's collection
The Overhaul
is published; it wins the Poetry prize in the
2012 Costa Book Awards
.
23 October
–
Skyfall
, a
James Bond film
with finale set in Scotland, premières.
21 December
–
World War Z
, a post-apocalyptic horror film partly shot in Scotland, is released.
Peter Maxwell Davies
composes the piano piece
A Postcard from Sanday
.
See also
2012 in England
2012 in Northern Ireland
2012 in Wales
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"SNP wins control of Clackmannanshire Council"
.
BBC News
. BBC. 6 January 2012
. Retrieved
6 January
2012
.
^
"Scotland to hold independence poll in 2014 - Salmond"
. BBC. 10 January 2012
. Retrieved
10 January
2012
.
^
"Single police force and fire service bill introduced"
. BBC. 17 January 2012
. Retrieved
17 January
2012
.
^
Carrell, Severin (17 January 2012).
"West Lothian question inquiry 'risks creating second-class MPs'
"
.
The Guardian
. London: Guardian News and Media Limited
. Retrieved
19 January
2012
.
^
"Committee on the West Lothian Question"
.
The Scotsman
. 30 December 2011.
[
dead link
]
^
"Scots referendum question set out"
.
BBC News
. BBC. 25 January 2012
. Retrieved
25 January
2012
.
The question actually asked differs.
^
"Scottish independence: David Cameron in referendum offer"
.
BBC News
. BBC. 16 February 2012
. Retrieved
19 February
2012
.
^
"Rangers Football Club enters administration"
.
BBC News
. BBC. 14 February 2012
. Retrieved
14 February
2012
.
^
"Rangers' historic day is marred by songs of 'hate and ignorance'
"
.
The Sunday Herald
. 19 February 2012
. Retrieved
19 February
2012
.
^
"MP Eric Joyce charged with assault"
.
BBC Sport
. BBC. 24 February 2012
. Retrieved
24 February
2012
.
^
"Leading Scots lawyer Paul McBride QC found dead"
.
BBC News
. BBC. 4 March 2012
. Retrieved
4 March
2012
.
^
"MP Eric Joyce given bar ban and £3,000 fine over Commons brawl"
.
BBC News
. BBC. 9 March 2012
. Retrieved
9 March
2012
.
^
"Perth wins Diamond Jubilee contest to be named seventh Scottish city"
.
BBC News
. BBC. 14 March 2012
. Retrieved
14 March
2012
.
^
"Johnnie Walker whisky plant closes in Kilmarnock"
.
BBC News
. BBC News Scotland. 23 March 2012
. Retrieved
16 June
2014
.
^
"Plans for Scottish rural parliament"
.
BBC News
. Glasgow: BBC News Scotland. 25 March 2012
. Retrieved
25 March
2012
.
^
Ross, David (28 March 2012).
"Unions call for more rigs to be evacuated"
.
The Herald
. Glasgow
. Retrieved
28 March
2012
.
^
Brocklehurst, Steven (18 April 2012).
"Filming in court 'not precedent'
"
.
BBC News
. BBC
. Retrieved
18 April
2012
.
^
"SNP and Labour ready to hammer out coalition deals, leaders say"
. STV. 6 May 2012. Archived from
the original
on 13 May 2012
. Retrieved
7 May
2012
.
^
"
'Cursing stone' found on Isle of Canna"
.
BBC News
. Retrieved
20 May
2012
.
^
Scottish independence: One million Scots urged to sign 'yes' declaration
BBC News, 25 May 2012
^
Rangers creditors formally reject CVA proposal
BBC News, 14 June 2012
^
Scottish independence: Alistair Darling warns of 'no way back'
BBC News, 25 June 2012
^
Rangers newco refused SPL entry after chairmen vote.
BBC News 4 July
^
Black, Andrew (15 October 2012).
"Scottish independence: Cameron and Salmond strike referendum deal"
.
BBC News
. BBC
. Retrieved
15 October
2012
.
^
Met Office: 2012 was UK's second wettest year on record
bbc.co.uk, 3 January 2013
^
From Greenock to glory: Scot in Super Bowl joy
heraldscotland.com, accessed 24 January 2012
^
"Scotland's Franchitti wins 96th Indy 500"
.
The Sydney Morning Herald
. 28 May 2012
. Retrieved
28 May
2012
.
^
Ornstein, David (6 July 2012).
"Wimbledon 2012: Andy Murray beats Tsonga to reach final"
.
BBC Sport
. BBC
. Retrieved
6 July
2012
.
^
Ornstein, David (8 July 2012).
"Wimbledon 2012: Andy Murray beaten by Roger Federer in final"
.
BBC Sport
. BBC
. Retrieved
10 July
2012
.
^
"Andy Murray wins men's singles Olympics tennis gold"
.
BBC Sport
. BBC. 5 August 2012
. Retrieved
5 August
2012
.
^
"Murray ends Britain's Grand Slam skid".
USA Today
. 11 September 2012. p. 1C.
^
"Last Spanish Civil War Scot Thomas Watters dies"
.
BBC News
. BBC. 27 February 2012
. Retrieved
27 February
2012
.
^
"Cromarty fisherfolk dialect's last native speaker dies"
.
BBC News
. 2 October 2012
. Retrieved
2 October
2012
.
^
Ross, David (2 October 2012).
"Dialect's demise as final speaker dies at 92"
.
Herald Scotland
. Retrieved
2 October
2012
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