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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 was ...

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 of ...

13 Jul 2022 at 15:20

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 election as a ...

11 Dec 2022 at 13:05

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 said on ...

12 Dec 2022 at 10:23

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 which downed ...

12 Dec 2022 at 17:49

Scotland

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 ...

16 May 2023 at 16:34

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

Salmond’s coffin draped in Saltire as plane to return him to Scotland takes off

Alex Salmond’s coffin was draped in a Saltire ahead of the plane bringing him home to Scotland taking off. Mr Salmond died on Saturday from a heart attack while speaking at a conference in the city of Ohrid in the country’s south ...

18 Oct 2024 at 12:46

Alex Salmond remembered as ‘outstanding’ politician and ‘dear friend’ at funeral

Former first minister Alex Salmond has been remembered as not just the political leader who took Scotland “so close to his dream of independence”, but as a “dear friend”. Tributes were paid to the 69-year-old at a funeral ...

30 Oct 2024 at 08:15

Salmond’s funeral to be held on October 29

Former first minister Alex Salmond’s funeral will be held on October 29, it has been confirmed. The former SNP leader died in North Macedonia earlier this month after suffering a heart attack. His body was repatriated – ...

22 Oct 2024 at 11:22

Alex Salmond’s funeral to take place near his Aberdeenshire home

The funeral of Scotland’s former first minister Alex Salmond will take place near his home in Aberdeenshire on Tuesday. Family and close friends of Mr Salmond will attend the service at Strichen Parish Church, which ...

29 Oct 2024 at 00:02

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 ...

01 Jan 2024 at 00:01

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