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• Labour sends in big guns for byelection

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Alistair Darling and Alan Johnson will join Labours candidate, Willie Bain, in the Glasgow North East constituency today, following Gordon Browns visit on Friday Two senior cabinet ministers will visit Glasgow today to help drum up votes for Labour as campaigning in the citys byelection enters its last days. ...
  2 days ago

• Gordon Brown hits Glasgow North East

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Alex Salmond and key SNP figures admit nationalists have large gap to close to win seat on Thursday Gordon Brown today accused Alex Salmonds government of "letting down" the people of Glasgow as he sought to bolster Labours campaign to hold one of the partys safest and longest-held seats. Labour are clear ...
  5 days ago

• Nationalism has become the N-word | Ewan Crawford

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  The civic self-determination movements of the SNP and Plaid Cymru dont deserve the same label as far-right racists Nationalists, it seems, are everywhere and on the march. In the past seven days alone the Guardian has drawn our attention to nationalists in Israel, Poland, Cyprus, Russia, France, Bosnia and even ...
  5 days ago

• Scotland signs up to Climate Group

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Move will allow Alex Salmonds Scottish nationalist government to build alliances with small states, city councils and major companies pressing for deep and binding cuts in CO2 emissions Alex Salmonds Scottish nationalist government has joined California and New York city in a global alliance of small states, city ...
  1 week ago

• SNP candidate accused of fibbing

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  David Kerr accused of misrepresentation after leaflets from previous campaign emerge claiming he was born in Cumbernauld Alex Salmond has accused Labour of resorting to "desperate" tactics in the Glasgow North East byelection after the Scottish National partys candidate was accused of "fibbing" about where he was ...
  1 week ago

• Salmond lucky omen boosts SNP hopes

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Fate has moved its mighty hand, nationalist first minister tells Glasgow North East Alex Salmond claimed today that the Scottish National partys hopes of winning the Glasgow North East byelection have been boosted after he drew a "lucky omen" in a Gala bingo hall. The first minister said "fate has moved its mighty ...
  1 week ago

• Change the name nationalist to independentist.

  
  Politics Forum and Political Blog discussing and debating political and social issues. — Authority: 154
  I would very much love to break up the union and then be good friends with our Southern neighbours but the word nationalist seems... Change the name nationalist to independentist. Its an old fashioned limited word and I think the word independentist (a French word) is probably a more accurate description by far ...
  2 weeks ago

• Brown to campaign in byelection

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  PM to visit constituency in run-up to byelection triggered by former Speaker Michael Martins decision to stand down over the MPs expenses scandal Gordon Brown is to campaign in the Glasgow North East byelection, it was confirmed today. No date has been set for his visit to the constituency but it could take place ...
  3 weeks ago

• Salmonds stand against Trident sets him apart from other political leaders

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 155
  The left must give him credit: the SNP is the only party that defends social democratic values You can say what you like about Alex Salmond, and a lot of people do: that hes a demagogue, troublemaker, narrow nationalist, even "tartan Tory". The SNP is regarded with deep suspicion by many on the left, as if theres a ...
  3 weeks ago

• SNP Conference: £100bn replacement of Trident ‘could fund health services’

  
  Net News Daily — Authority: 572
  Alex Salmond, the First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party, has today said that the £100bn solution to Trident could be used in Scotland to ‘fund health services north of the border for the next ten years’. The first minister made the statement in his keynote speech on Saturday, on ...
  3 weeks ago

• Scottish politics: Not Braveheart, strictly business

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 155
  The autumn party conference season is already a distant memory for the main Westminster parties, all battered once more by fresh expenses scandals. North of the border, though, politics marches to a different drum. This weeks Scottish National party conference in Inverness is a reminder that British politics is no ...
  3 weeks ago

• Glasgow North East by-election set for 12 November

  
  Net News Daily — Authority: 572
  It has been confirmed Friday that the Glasgow North East by-election, triggered by the resignation of former Commons speaker Michael Martin, will be held on the 12 November. The writ required for the by-election was passed today in Parliament. The Scottish National Party, who are currently holding their annual ...
  3 weeks ago

• Lapping up Salmonds small beer

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Trade unions in Scotland are still in thrall to the capitalist who manages to sound like a comrade Alex Salmond was sitting on a platform in a darkened cinema at the Eden Court complex in Inverness last night – the venue for the 75th annual Scottish National party conference – the meaty smell of stovies ...
  3 weeks ago

• How Tories could outplay Salmond

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  If the Conservatives promised Scotland a vote on independence, Scots could start concentrating on issues they really care about Scotland has never been closer to independence than it is today, Alex Salmond told the Scottish National party conference in Inverness. It sounds exciting, doesnt it? Or at least it ...
  3 weeks ago

• SNP: hung parliament would be ideal

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Deputy leader Nicola Sturgeon tells conference that no overall control at Westminster would maximise SNP influence A hung parliament after the general election would be "ideal" for the Scottish National party, its deputy leader, Nicola Sturgeon, said today. She told BBC Radio 4s Today programme that the SNP would ...
  3 weeks ago

• Braveheart it aint. Salmonds army like the taste of office

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Most Scots dont share the goal of independence – and the SNP wont risk throwing away power on a battle it is likely to lose Two challenges will together shape David Camerons putative premiership , it is often said. The first, self-evidently, is the economy. The second, less obviously but now increasingly cited, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Salmond bids to triple SNP seats

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Leader tells Inverness gathering that 20 seats in a hung parliament will let SNP dictate policies at Westminster Alex Salmond has warned that the SNP will be able to dictate government policies at Westminster and win new powers for Scotland if the next general election results in a hung parliament. The Scottish ...
  3 weeks ago

• Salmond is ready for a fight

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  A looming conflict in Scotland over who will best take on the Tories looks set to start with the SNP leaders conference speech The SNP leader, Alex Salmond, will throw down a gauntlet to Westminster today at the partys annual conference in Inverness by predicting that the Scottish National party will win 20 seats at ...
  3 weeks ago

• Salmond downplays SNP chances of winning Glasgow byelection

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  SNP leader launches campaign for seat of former Commons Speaker Michael Martin with claim that his party are underdogs in the contest Alex Salmond has downplayed the Scottish National partys chances of winning the Glasgow North East byelection after discovering that many local voters appeared unwilling to switch ...
  4 weeks ago

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