The Scotland on Sunday ran an interesting story about Salmond demanding a slot on any TV debate for party leaders, evening threatening to sue if they didn't let him on. What I don't get is why Salmond would represent the SNP in the first place? Angus Robertson is the Leader of the SNP at Westminster and this is a Westminster election which Alex Salmond isn't even standing in. Does t...
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KeziaDugdalesSoapBox on 3rd Aug 2009 (via keziadugdale.blogspot.com)
FIRST Minister Alex Salmond launched the SNP's General Election campaign today, criticising Westminster politics and pledging that his MPs will be "champions" work
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Scotsman on 6th Mar 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
SNP is aiming to win three of Scotland's six European parliament seats Alex Salmond is on the brink of a significant political victory at the European elections, with many Labour voters in Scotland threatening to stay at home in protest at the Westminster expenses scandal. Senior Labour figures fear large numbers of supporters will refuse to vote this Thursday, greatly increasing the prospect...
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Guardian on 3rd Jun 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
Scotland's first minister Alex Salmond is using the SNP's election majority to put pressure on Westminster to grant more economic freedom to Holyrood
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FT on 29th May 2011 (via ft.com)
THE SNP at Holyrood have been pulling their punches with David Cameron's Government at Westminster. Now the Tory-supporting Sun is backing Salmond. Can there possibly be a connection? Our revelation today that the Tory-supporting Sun will come out and back the SNP in Scotland is causing a lot of interest. Labour believe it explains why Salmond has been so slow to attack big, bad Westminster since ...
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MagnusGardham on 27th May 2011 (via blogs.dailyrecord.co.uk)
Despite European elections rarely predicting Westminster votes accurately the voters who flocked to Alex Salmond's SNP have the party counting the days to a general election writes Alan Cochrane.
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Telegraph on 9th Jun 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Alex Salmond will today launch a major election campaign aimed at convincing voters the SNP are not separatists determined to rip Scotland out of the United Kingdom.
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Telegraph on 14th Oct 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Andrew is peeved at the criticism made by the SNP to the four MSPs who are seeking mandates at Westminster next year, given that Alex Salmond still possesses a dual mandate. Now, one could argue - and Bill Kidd does - that it was clear to all and sundry when Alex Salmond sought re-election to Westminster that he would be seeking to return to the Scottish Parliament. The voters of Banff & Bucha...
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JArthurMacNumpty on 26th Dec 2009 (via macnumpty.blogspot.com)
ALEX Salmond has revealed he will make widespread anger at Westminster sleaze and banking bail-outs a key plank of the SNP's general election campaign as he warned Labour
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Scotsman on 7th Mar 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
Launching the SNP manifesto, Salmond says lack of overall majority a great "opportunity" for Scotland.
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Telegraph on 20th Apr 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
ALEX Salmond is to demand a place in the TV debate featuring party leaders unveiled by Sky News yesterday, claiming he has as much right to take his place there as any of the
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Scotsman on 2nd Sep 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
