Jon Snow
The going of Alex Salmond
We might have been sitting in an undertaker’s waiting room. Something was afoot. You could have cut the air with a knife.
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Alex Salmond: ‘Is this Russian propaganda? No, it’s my view’
Scotland’s former first minister Alex Salmond has a new talk show on the Russian state-funded channel Russia Today. That hasn’t gone down well with some of his political colleagues, who’ve accused the channel of being a propaganda vehicle.
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Expenses: Alex Salmond
Former SNP leader Alex Salmond.
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Alex Salmond to run for Westminster seat
Former first minister says Scotland needs SNP MPs to “rumble up Westminster” and make sure the main parties keep the promises made before the independence referendum.
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Lower voting age to 16, says Alex Salmond
Alex Salmond says the referendum proved 16- and 17-year-olds can be trusted to vote, and tells Scottish politicians they need to hold Westminister’s “feet to the fire” over devolution promises.
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Alex Salmond: movement to independence is ‘irresistible’
Alex Salmond tells Channel 4 News that the movement to independence is “irresistible” as it is backed by the younger generation – and adds that older scots were “scared” into voting no.
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Jon Snow
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Alex Salmond to stand down
Alex Salmond announces he is to stand down as SNP leader and Scotland’s first minister, one day after the Scottish people voted against independence.
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Alex Salmond to resign after referendum defeat
Alex Salmond announces his resignation as Scotland’s first minister and SNP leader after failing to achieve a yes vote in the independence referendum.
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Gary Gibbon
‘No nosebleeds’ says Alex Salmond, but many headaches ahead
Gary Gibbon reports from Edinburgh as Alex Salmond lays out more detail of his plans for an independence referendum.
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Alex Salmond criticises ‘damaging’ oil tax
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond is urging Chancellor George Osborne to reconsider the “smash and grab” raid on North Sea oil revenues during meetings at the Treasury.
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Alex Salmond’s SNP makes big gains in Scottish elections
The Scottish National Party has made big gains in elections north of the border. One political expert tells Channel 4 News the Scottish Labour party has suffered a “devastating defeat”.
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Scottish election: Sturgeon rules out working with Salmond and commits to Covid inquiry
Nicola Sturgeon has said she wants a public inquiry into her government’s response to the pandemic to start later this year.
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Does Sturgeon/Salmond battle mirror deepening cracks in SNP?
The Scottish Parliament is about to vote on a motion of no confidence in the SNP’s Deputy First Minister John Swinney. He’s expected to see off the challenge, but it’s a reminder of the seismic shock to Scotland’s politics caused by the Alex Salmond affair.
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Sturgeon knows there were ‘catastrophic failures’ in handling of Salmond investigation, says writer Iain Macwhirter
Iain Macwhirter is a writer and columnist who’s supported independence but is critical of the Scottish government and its treatment of Alex Salmond.
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Is Sturgeon/Salmond feud changing voters’ minds ahead of elections?
For eight hours today, politicians on the committee investigating whether the Scottish government mishandled harassment complaints against Alex Salmond grilled his successor Nicola Sturgeon over whether she had breached the ministerial code.
