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SNP accused of 'peculiar obsession'

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:40:51 GMT

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Source: Arbroath Herald

Salmond reveals new referendum option

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:32:50 GMT

Plea to shelve independence plan

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:24:38 GMT

The Labour Party has called on First Minister Alex Salmond to shelve his plans for a referendum and concentrate instead on fighting the recession.
Source: BBC News

Alex Salmond: Let the people decide now

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:22:38 GMT

That day on the Mound in Edinburgh in May 1999, was memorable in more ways than one. Aside from the truly epoch-shaping change in Scottish public life that it ushered in, it was also a day of consensus for change.
Source: The Scotsman

SNP criticised over 'independence lite' plans for Scotland

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:14:11 GMT

Alex Salmond will tomorrow attempt to shore up support for more Scottish self-determination with a "devolution max" package of proposals offering Scots more powers – but within the United Kingdom.
Source: The Independent

SNP aide Mark MacLachlan forced to quit over smears

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:13:12 GMT

Flights of fancy will not lift the numbers that have rocked the SNP

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:59:06 GMT

They were clearly rocked back on their heels at NatCentral yesterday as the SNP leadership digested the implications of the YouGov survey in this newspaper that highlighted a sharp decline in the party’s fortunes.
Source: The Telegraph

Public shuns SNP's independence plan

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:48:18 GMT

Only days before the Nationalists are due to publish their white paper on a referendum bill, fewer than one in three people said they would vote yes to separation. More than half said they would vote against independence, the poll revealed yesterday.
Source: Daily Express

Quoted in 'US tourists stay away from Homecoming'

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:58:54 GMT

Alex Salmond said in The Telegraph:

We are reaching out to a Scots diaspora of 40 million worldwide, and a family of millions in the United States, to turn a threatened tourism downturn into a visitor boom.

Quoted in 'Tories seek Megrahi medical files'

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:23:38 GMT

Bill Aitken said in Asian Leader:

Alex Salmond's SNP refused to publish independent medical advice which they used to free the Lockerbie bomber. Mr Megrahi lost all rights to patient confidentiality when he became Britain's worst mass murderer.

Photo from AP Photo

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:10:34 GMT

Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond, left, gestures at Justice Secretary Kenny McAskill during First Minister's Questions in the Scottish Parliament, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday Sept. 3, 2009.

Photo from Getty Images

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:36:45 GMT

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill (top) and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond attend the debate of the release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, at the Scottish Parliament on...

alex salmond in kick erse mode

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