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Judge-led inquiry into Crown Office needed over warrant in SNP probe – MacAskill

A judge-led inquiry should examine the Crown Office’s role in the granting of a warrant to search Nicola Sturgeon’s house and SNP HQ, Alba MP Kenny MacAskill has said. It comes after the Scottish Sun reported that police requested the search warrant ...

16 May 2023 at 16:34

Scotland

Hundreds march in Glasgow in pro-independence rally

Hundreds of Scots marched through Glasgow’s city centre in support of the independence movement. Pro-independence backers gathered at Kelvingrove Park on Saturday to take part in the March for Independence to Glasgow Green. The rally, organised by ...

04 May 2024 at 14:14

Scotland

Salmond government feared prisoners could sue for overcrowding, papers show

Alex Salmond’s government in 2008 feared prisoners could sue ministers due to overcrowding, cabinet papers have revealed. In the first year of the SNP’s time in charge, the prison population reached an all time high in Scotland, heaping pressure ...

01 Jan 2024 at 00:01

Scotland

Nicola Sturgeon: I did not pay much attention to protest by Alba MPs

Scotland’s First Minister said she “didn’t pay much attention” to a protest that resulted in two of her former MPs being suspended from the House of Commons. Neale Hanvey and Kenny MacAskill, who defected to the Alba Party last year after it ...

14 Jul 2022 at 15:55

Protest MP Neale Hanvey: Westminster does not respect Scottish democracy

An MP who was thrown out of the House of Commons following a protest has asked why he should respect Parliamentary rules if “Westminster will not respect Scottish democracy”. Alba Party MPs Neale Hanvey and Kenny MacAskill were ordered out ...

13 Jul 2022 at 15:20

Alba Party MPs thrown out of Commons amid protest at start of PMQs

Two MPs were thrown out of the House of Commons after launching a protest at the start of Prime Minister’s Questions. Alba Party pair Kenny MacAskill (East Lothian) and Neale Hanvey (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) were ordered to leave the ...

13 Jul 2022 at 13:39

Scotland

Salmond writes to SNP MPs to urge election alliance

Former first minister Alex Salmond has written to SNP MPs to urge them to join an election alliance with the Alba Party. The plan, passed by Alba’s conference last month, would see the 47 pro-independence MPs fight their seats again ...

06 Jun 2023 at 16:34

Lockerbie suspect ‘always high on the list’, says MacAskill

Scotland’s former justice secretary has said a man in US custody on suspicion of building the bomb that downed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988 – killing 270 people – was “always high on the list” of suspects. US officials ...

12 Dec 2022 at 10:23

Scotland

Salmond says next Holyrood election should be ‘vehicle’ for independence views

Alex Salmond’s Alba Party have said the next Holyrood election should be used as a “vehicle” for the Scottish people to express their view on independence. In contrast, Nicola Sturgeon has said she will treat the next general ...

11 Dec 2022 at 13:05

Lockerbie bomb suspect will not face death penalty

The man suspected of building the bomb that downed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988 – killing 270 people – will not face the death penalty, a US court has heard. Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi appeared in ...

12 Dec 2022 at 23:35

Lord Advocate welcomes Lockerbie bombing arrest

Scotland’s top law officer has welcomed the arrest of a man suspected of the Lockerbie bombing. US officials said on Sunday that Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi had been detained on suspicion of building the bomb ...

12 Dec 2022 at 17:49

Kenny MacAskill says he has ‘always believed’ Masud is Lockerbie bomber

Former Scottish justice secretary Kenny MacAskill said he has “always believed” Libyan national Abu Agila Masud of being involved in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. Mr MacAskill came under fire for his decision to free the ...

21 Dec 2024 at 11:51

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