Alex Salmond

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• Give Salmond his referendum. But insist on the right timing and the right question.

  
  Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness — Authority: 498
  I’m afraid that I’m a day or two late on this, but it’s worth reading Alan Cochrane’s coruscating assessment of the SNP’s white paper on a separatist referendum. Alex Salmond hopes to introduce a confusing poll offering several options, one of which would be his favoured option of full independence. ...
  23 hours ago

• It is good news for Scotlands children that Alex Salmond has finally faced reality on Fiona Hyslop

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 971
  Alex Salmond was brought down to earth with a resounding thud by the failure of his desperate attempts to save his education minister, writes Alan Cochrane.
  4 days ago

• SNP Crying Wolf Again

  
  LibDemBlogs — Authority: 176
  It appears that the SNP instead of being able to run a government are an unruly rabble. When threatened with the Lib Dem led vote of no-confidence in the Education Secretary that was Fiona Hyslop, they had threatened to resign en masse to force an election. They have threatened to do so before, indeed it is a constant ...
  4 days ago

• Scottish Government mini-Reshuffle

  
  SUBROSA — Authority: 509
  Unexpectedly, but not unsurprisingly, Alex Salmond moved Fiona Hyslop from Education to Culture and External Affairs today. She will take over the remit of Mike Russell but without the constitutional element and Mike Russell has moved to Education. Mr Salmond will take personal responsibility for constitutional ...
  4 days ago

• Cameron must learn the dangers of tinkering with the constitution

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 971
  Labour has not just hobbled the Union, but wrecked our whole system of government , says Simon Heffer
  4 days ago

• Haggis, Neeps and Liberalism #12

  
  LibDemBlogs — Authority: 176
  Yesterday was St Andrews Day, a special day of celebration in Scotland. If Iain Smith, Liberal Democrat MSP for NE Fife which includes the town of St Andrews had his way, it would have been a full public holiday, not just the half day that civil servants can take if they want that the SNP have delivered in Government. ...
  4 days ago

• Alex Salmonds referendum blueprint - a masterpiece of nationalist mythology and a total waste of time

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 971
  The SNPs White Paper on the break-up of the United Kingdom answers only those questions to which we already know the answer, writes Alan Cochrane.
  4 days ago

• Scotlands Alex Salmond demotes under-fire minister Fiona Hyslop

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  First minister also takes command of independence referendum following one of the rockiest periods he has faced in office Alex Salmond has demoted one of his most criticised ministers and taken command of the campaign for an independence referendum in a bid to reassert his authority after one of his rockiest periods ...
  4 days ago

• Russell promoted to Education in Scottish Government reshuffle

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 488
  In the second change to the Scottish Government’s front bench and the first to its cabinet, Michael Russell has been promoted to the post of Education Secretary.He replaces Fiona Hyslop whose handling of the important and emotive education brief has come under sustained criticism.He leaves behind a set of ...
  5 days ago

• Disenfranchised?

  
  The Ben Lomond Free Press — Authority: 433
  Referendums. Take a contentious single issue and give the electorate a vote on it. Then comes the tricky bit – abiding by the result of the vote. The reason that referendums weren’t held on the Lisbon Treaty/EU Constitution in European states is that they would have thrown up the completely “wrong” result ...
  5 days ago

• Scotland and the union: Alexs cunning plan

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 164
  In theory, St Andrews Day might have been the ideal occasion for Alex Salmond to launch Scots along the path towards the independence referendum he aims to hold a year from now. But the warm glow that the national day properly brings to all Scots cannot disguise the bleak environment in which the Scottish nationalist ...
  5 days ago

• Independence: The dynamics have changed in Scotland

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 971
  Telegraph View: The economic crash has changed the dynamics of the independence debate for the foreseeable future and we suspect that Alex Salmond knows it.
  5 days ago

• The dynamics have changed in Scotland

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 971
  Telegraph View: The economic crash has changed the dynamics of the independence debate for the foreseeable future and we suspect that Alex Salmond knows it.
  5 days ago

• Salmond under attack over vanity referendum on Scottish independence

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  • Diluted proposals may offer range of options • Poll suggests few Scots support holding vote now Alex Salmond was accused of pursuing a costly "vanity project" todayafter he watered down his controversial proposals for a referendum next year on Scottish independence. The first minister launched a white paper ...
  5 days ago

• SNP waters down independence plans

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Scottish National party leader indicates willingness to negotiate on range of issues amid opposition criticism Alex Salmond has watered down his controversial proposals for a referendum on Scottish independence after coming under fire from opponents for pressing ahead with a "vanity project". The first minister ...
  6 days ago

• We have more to take pride in than the SNPs narrow sense of Scottishness

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 971
  Public support has slumped for Alex Salmonds dream of breaking up Britain. His best option would appear to be to abandon his referendum plans, writes Alan Cochrane
  6 days ago

• Largest Working Hydro-Electric Wave Energy Device in the World Launched

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 623
  The largest working hydro-electric wave energy device was launched by Queen’s University Belfast, Aquamarine Power Ltd. and the Scottish government recently, bringing the global wave energy industry one major move forward. The device is called Oyster . It is the only hydro-electric wave energy device producing ...
  6 days ago

• Scottish independence? The SNP have an app for that

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Nationalist party to use iPhone application allowing detailed map of voter intentions to be produced in election campaigning It is one of the most popular gadgets of the noughties, checking bus times and even playing a virtual trombone – and now the iPhone could also help break up Britain, the Scottish National ...
  6 days ago

• When will Alex Salmond stop beating his head on the break up Britain wall?

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 971
  No amount of opinion polls, surveys and warnings from friends have deflected Alex Salmonds SNP from going ahead with todays White Paper, which paves the way for a referendum on the break-up of the United Kingdom, writes Alan Cochrane.
  6 days ago

• A promise I intend to keep!

  
  BNP Scotland — Authority: 121
  The following letter was published in the Daily Mail and is of special interest as it was written by someone who spent time on the campaign trail recently. “I’m not racist, but…” that’s what I heard on the streets of Glasgow North East, time and time again. As the dust settles, activists in the main ...
  6 days ago

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