An independent Scotland should not have to pay its fair share of Britain’s national debt if it quits the UK, Alex Salmond’s new nationalist party has claimed. Policy documents drawn up by Alba say that it ‘rejects entirely any obligation’ for the country to inherit a slice of the £1.8trillion if it secedes from the … Read more
An independent Scotland should not have to pay its fair share of Britain’s national debt if it quits the UK, Alex Salmond’s new nationalist party has claimed. Policy documents drawn up by Alba say that it ‘rejects entirely any obligation’ for the country to inherit a slice of the £1.8trillion if it secedes from the … Read more
Alex Salmond’s upstart pro-independence Alba Party party could ruin Nicola Sturgeon’s chances of an outright SNP majority in the Scottish parliament election, a new poll suggests today. The Savanta ComRes poll for The Scotsman predicts the SNP will return 64 MSPs, one short of the 65 needed for a majority. The poll predicts the Alba … Read more
Alex Salmond’s upstart pro-independence Alba Party party could ruin Nicola Sturgeon’s chances of an outright SNP majority in the Scottish parliament election, a new poll suggests today. The Savanta ComRes poll for The Scotsman predicts the SNP will return 64 MSPs, one short of the 65 needed for a majority. The poll predicts the Alba … Read more
Blow for Alex Salmond’s new Alba Party as poll puts support at 3 per cent and suggests he’ll be lucky to be their single MSP Survation poll found Alex Salmond most unpopular mainstream Scottish leader Study found 71 per cent of people in Scotland viewed Mr Salmond unfavourably More than half found former First Minister … Read more
Blow for Alex Salmond’s new Alba Party as poll puts support at 3 per cent and suggests he’ll be lucky to be their single MSP Survation poll found Alex Salmond most unpopular mainstream Scottish leader Study found 71 per cent of people in Scotland viewed Mr Salmond unfavourably More than half found former First Minister … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon fired both barrels at her former boss Alex Salmond today as she blasted those ‘who treat politics like a game’ amid a wave of defections to his new party. The First Minister launched a thinly-veiled attack on her predecessor after several of her MPs and councillors defected to his new Alba nationalist group. … Read more
Another SNP MP has announced they are defecting to Alex Salmond’s new party as the Scottish independence movement descends further into chaos. Neale Hanvey, who represents Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath at Westminster, declared that he is joining Alba and will be a candidate at Hoylrood elections in May. The move comes after former SNP justice secretary Kenny … Read more
Another SNP MP has announced they are defecting to Alex Salmond’s new party as the Scottish independence movement descends further into chaos. Neale Hanvey, who represents Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath at Westminster, declared that he is joining Alba and will be a candidate at Hoylrood elections in May. The move comes after former SNP justice secretary Kenny … Read more
SNP’s Kenny MacAskill becomes party’s first Westminster MP to defect to Alex Salmond’s new Alba Party Kenny MacAskill has represented East Lothian in the Commons since 2019 He insisted the switch would bolster, not derail, the independence movement Ex-SNP MP Corrie Wilson is also joining the former first minister in the election By Jack Elsom … Read more