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)
I BELIEVE in Scotland just as much as Alex Salmond does. But I believe in the Scottish Parliament more than he ever will.
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Scotsman on 27th Aug 2008 (via news.scotsman.com)
An unprecedented investigation has been ordered by the Scottish Parliament's presiding officer following claims that Alex Salmond regularly misleads MSPs.
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Telegraph on 15th Jan 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
ALEX Salmond, the First Minister, was last night facing demands to apologise to the Scottish Parliament amid allegations that he misled MSPs on Thursday.
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Scotsman on 10th Jan 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
The Westminster Parliament will be "hung by a Scottish rope" if the Conservatives fail to get an overall majority at the general election Alex Salmond the nationalist party leader has warned.
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Telegraph on 9th Oct 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
TWO former presiding officers of the Scottish Parliament will decide whether Alex Salmond misled MSPs over absconds from prison, it was announced last night.
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Scotsman on 1st Jun 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
The Scottish government's budget was tonight rejected by the Scottish parliament after a vote by MSPs was tied at 64/64 and the presiding officer, Alex Fergusson, cast his deciding vote against the spending plans. After the vote the finance secretary, John Swinney, said the government planned to bring forward a revised budget bill "at the earliest possible opportunity - and certainly within a...
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Guardian on 28th Jan 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
A BULLISH Alex Salmond swept aside the objections of business, councils, unions and a majority of MSPs in the Scottish Parliament yesterday when he declared that he would driv
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Scotsman on 3rd Sep 2008 (via news.scotsman.com)
WHAT is the point of Alex Salmond? Yesterday the Scottish Parliament's health committee voted to remove the administration's minimum pricing proposal from the Alcohol
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Scotsman on 22nd Sep 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
Alex Salmond has stripped the Scottish Parliament of its ability to alter income tax while campaigning for his administration to be handed full financial powers, it has emerged.
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Telegraph on 18th Nov 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Great drama today at the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh, as Alex Salmond and the minority SNP government tried to win approval for next years budget. The Lib Dems and Labour made it clear they were against. The Tories were willing to support the measures, thanks to the SNP agreeing to fund an urban regeneration scheme. It boiled down to the two Green MSPs, who want £100m a year spent on fr...
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MichaelCrick on 28th Jan 2009 (via bbc.co.uk)
