Alex Salmond's Alba Party could win five MSPs and deprive SNP of overall majority

SNP leader today pushed back against a comment reported in an American magazine in which he was quoted as saying he could have "destroyed" Sturgeon's caree r if he had wanted to. Salmond insisted his words were "totally taken out of context" - and said they were a reference to his appearance before a cross-party committee of MSPs in February where he was asked to call for the First Minister's resignation and refused to do so.

Alba’ s position was for Scotland to pay no share of the UK national debt if independence is achieved. When Salmond was first minister, the SNP Government explicitly said Scotland would agree a share of the national debt as part of an independence settlement.In an interview with the Record, Salmond said the previous position had been based on a currency union with the rest of the UK.

Alba Party instead.The councillor for the Maryhill ward is a former business manager for the SNP administration on the council.Letford will appear alongside Alex Salmond when the former first minister hosts a campaign session in Glasgow tonight as the election campaign enters its final week.He said: “I have left the SNP and joined the Alba Party because I want to work towards achieving Scottish independence.

Salisbury spy poisonings in 2018. Czech officials revealed they would expel 18 Russian diplomats over the incident, which the Kremlin has denied any knowledge of.

world has changed a lot since the last referendum in 2014, and that not just because of the coronavirus pandemic. During the campaign in 2014, Alex Salmond faced tough questions about what currency an independent Scotland would use if it voted 'yes'.

Alba, stands for. Asked about if she would work with the former First Minister, Sturgeon said she still has "concerns about his personal conduct".

Scottish Labour, the Tories and the Lib Dems to task for not holding the SNP to account during its time in power.The Former First Minister also took aim at Nicola Sturgeon's SNP government over some of its social and economic policies.He said the SNP needs to be taken to task on some issues and the 'Union parties' he claims are not doing that because they are too busy "decrying independence".It comes as a new opinion poll showed Alba were on course to receive five seats in the Holyrood chamber

SNP, which he used to lead, he quoted late poet Edwin Morgan who said the parliament should not be a place for “fearties”.

Alba Party spells trouble for the Union – but they struggled with the basics at a photocall yesterday.The former SNP leader and some of his candidates seemed to have difficulty lining up letters in front of a backdrop of Stirling Castle.Salmond launched a blistering attack on the BBC and STV for not being included in the leaders’ debates during the Holyrood election.He said: “In little more than two weeks, Alba has become the story of this election campaign.Indeed half of the entire press

BBC and STV for not being included in the leaders' debate during the Holyrood election.The former First Minister, who only launched his new Alba Party last month, has demanded the big TV companies include him in the debates between the main party leaders in Scotland.In a statement he has also taken aim at both broadcasters for what he claims is a general lack of coverage on his new party.Alba was set up by the former SNP leader to attempt to create a 'super-majority' for independence in the

Alba Party took aim at his successor as SNP leader today after Holyrood election campaigning resumed. Salmond hit out following remarks by Sturgeon that an IndyRef2 may have to be delayed if Scotland's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic takes longer than expected.

First Minister said “all right-minded people” believe Russia was behind the poisonings at Salisbury and claimed she no longer recognises the Salmond she once knew. Vladimir Putin ’s autocratic regime has become a pariah over a series of hostile actions overseas and domestically.

former First Minister also hit out at an apparent absence of “will, determination and statecraft” over the last seven years - the period in which Sturgeon has led the country.Salmond launched a new pro-indy party, Alba, in the wake of his bitter fallout with Nicola Sturgeon.Alba’s aim is to secure a “super majority” of pro-independence MSPs and is only contesting the regional List elections for Holyrood.However, despite preaching pro-independence unity, Salmond has criticised his predecessor’s

Lorna Slater, who jointly leads the Scottish Greens, of not mentioning independence during a TV debate.

Alba Party leader could become Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “spokesperson in Holyrood”.

May 6 when he had another technical mishap. During his YouTube speech on the Alba Party page the Apple AirPod was hanging out, it then fell out half way through.

Garraway and Adil Ray on his party's ambitions for the Scottish Parliament elections on May 6. Both hosts were keen to speak to the 66-year-old about his court case where he was cleared of sexual assault in 2020, and his relationship with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

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SNP on the regional list is the 'ultimate wasted vote' as he rallied supporters in a speech. The former SNP First Minister, who led the party during the 2014 independence referendum, is now running on the north-east regional list to become an MSP for the pro-Independence Alba Party.