Charging for free personal care and a series of other Alex Salmond's giveaways is to be considered as part of an official review of public spending commissioned by SNP ministers.
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Telegraph on 12th Mar 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Alex Salmond's pledge to keep free personal care and bus travel for the elderly means he has no option but to implement mass redundancies in the public sector, the author of an official budget review has warned.
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Telegraph on 31st Jul 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
FIRST Minister Alex Salmond was under fire today after it was revealed he twice used his government limo to get to the SNP's campaign headquarters in the Glasgow East by-e
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Scotsman on 12th Sep 2008 (via news.scotsman.com)
Alex Salmond has a soft spot for horse racing, and I've just seen some odds that could make the First Minister a very rich man: William Hill is offering 9/1 on Scotland being independent by the end of the decade. The SNP is traditionally bold in its predictions: ‘Free by '93’ being one of the more memorable. Salmond himself predicted that the Union of 1707 would not live to s...
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Spectator on 2nd Jan 2012 (via spectator.co.uk)
Alex Salmond shouldered the blame for the Scottish National party's failure to beat Labour in the Glenrothes byelection, admitting he had been out of touch with voters and outpaced by his opponents. As his stunned colleagues absorbed their unexpected defeat, the SNP leader and first minister sought quickly to take the sting out of the result by taking personal responsibility for the campaign....
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Guardian on 8th Nov 2008 (via guardian.co.uk)
Alex Salmond shouldered the blame for the Scottish National party's failure to beat Labour in the Glenrothes byelection, admitting he had been out of touch with voters and out-paced by his opponents. As his stunned colleagues absorbed their unexpected and demoralising defeat, the SNP leader and first minister sought quickly to take the sting out of the result by repeatedly taking personal res...
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Guardian on 7th Nov 2008 (via guardian.co.uk)
Alex Salmond has placed a clear dividing line between the SNP and his political opponents by arguing Scotland should spend its way out of the red.
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Telegraph on 18th Oct 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
IT is official. As of this morning, the honeymoon is over. The extended feel-good factor which Alex Salmond and the SNP had carried with them since last May came to a halt in
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Scotsman on 7th Nov 2008 (via news.scotsman.com)
FIRST Minister Alex Salmond has been accused of "misusing public funds" after it emerged taxpayers' money was used to entertain his personal dentist.
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Scotsman on 11th Nov 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
SNP leader and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has opened his party's conference, urging Scots to be part of the "independence generation".
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BBCPolitics on 20th Oct 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
Ahead of this week's SNP conference, Alan Cochrane argues that Alex Salmond is a busted flush.
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Telegraph on 11th Oct 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
