Alex Salmond

Donald Trump vs Alex Salmond Multi-Millionaire Donald Trump threw his toys out of the pram this week and wrote a “snotty” letter to the Scottish Assembly’s First minister, Alex Salmond. Donald Trump told Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmon what he thought of Scotland’s ambitious offshore wind projects. “With the reckless installation of these monsters, you will single-handedly have done more damage to Scotland than virtually any event in Scottish history.” Why is The Donald so mad...Read Full Story

Calm down England, It's Only Independence Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, finally sat down to discuss terms for the forthcoming referendum on Scottish independence, but how much did they actually get sorted.Well not much it would seem, sure they were polite to each other, they discussed the timings, which they disagree on, they discussed the "Devo Max" option which David Cameron does not want, but Alex Salmond is open to if the people of Scotland want it...Read Full Story

Calm down England, It's Only Independence Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, finally sat down to discuss terms for the forthcoming referendum on Scottish independence, but how much did they actually get sorted.Well not much it would seem, sure they were polite to each other, they discussed the timings, which they disagree on, they discussed the "Devo Max" option which David Cameron does not want, but Alex Salmond is open to if the people of Scotland want it...Read Full Story

John Redwood has upset Alex Salmond.  The First Minister described his recent remarks - on a blog post - as "spectacularly ill-informed and ill-judged". The only ill-judged sentence in Mr Redwood's post is 'It is an anti English movement more than it is an independence movement'. A snide, ill-judged remark from Mr Redwood and a remark which understandably annoyed not only the First Minister but most Scots who read it. John Redwood is a born and bred Englishman with little or no...Read Full Story

Equal Marriage March in EdinburghAs reported in the Scottish Daily Record, same sex couples have taken to the streets this week to campaign for the right to 'Marry' their partners. They are asking the Scottish government to change the law, as at the moment same sex couples can enter into civil partnerships but are not allowed to marry, giving them all the same rights and protection of heterosexual couples.They marched through the streets of Edinburgh and finished with a rally at the Scottish...Read Full Story

In the past few weeks, suddenly the Unionists have woken up to the idea that Scotland could  from being governed from London and become an independent nation once again. Two issues have concerned me in the past few years; one being the SNP's determination to be part of the European Union and the other is Alex Salmond's renewables policy. This post relates to the former. I continue to search for evidence that joining the EU would be best for an independent Scotland, particularly as the...Read Full Story

That's it then - all over bar the photocalls. Farewell to Iain Gray (right) and welcome to Johann Lamont (left), the new leader of the Labour party in Scotland. Later today the results of the never-ending Scottish Labour leadership campaign will be announced, but the Scotsman inadvertently published the result at midnight within the content of its McLeish article. “Alex Salmond is a formidable politician and it will be very difficult to get the upper hand. I wouldn’t want the new Scottish...Read Full Story

The Michel emails suggest Salmond acted as News Corp's political champion. Jeremy Hunt wasn't the only political cheerleader News Corporation enjoyed the services of. The full emails of the company's public affairs director Frederic Michel, now available on the Leveson inquiry website, reveal the extraordinary lengths that Alex Salmond went to to support the BSkyB bid. According to Michel, the Scottish First Minister offered to lobby both Vince Cable and Jeremy Hunt on the company's behalf...Read Full Story

The biase of the BBC was evident in all its glory on Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland yesterday morning. It was an article from Newsnet which caused me to listen to the interview on the BBC iPlayer (starting 2:11:50) when presenter Gary Robertson continued to press the First Minister on the issue of human rights in China. The following question was not appear to have been asked of the Prime Minister during his trade trip to China last month. Robertson: On the issue of human rights how...Read Full Story

Alex Salmond: The question is, "Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country?" Speech: Referendum: Address to Scottish Parliament. - Alex Salmond, First Minister for Scotland, SNPwww.voicegig.comAlex Salmond: , the people who live in Scotland are the best people to make decisions about their own future. Of that there can be no doubt. In May of this...Read Full Story