Launching the SNP manifesto, Salmond says lack of overall majority a great "opportunity" for Scotland.

FIRST Minister Alex Salmond launched the SNP's General Election campaign today, criticising Westminster politics and pledging that his MPs will be "champions" work

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.

ALEX Salmond yesterday blamed the SNP's exclusion from the live leaders debates for his party's anonymous election campaign.

Alex Salmond will tell the SNP conference this weekend the party is on the verge of a spectacular breakthrough at the next general election.

A COALITION between Labour and the Liberal Democrats would be the best option for Scotland, enabling the SNP to extract key concessions, Alex Salmond said yesterday.

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.

- The SNP in Alex Salmond think that Scots “didn’t mind” Thatcher’s economics. - The SNP Government has frozen council tax, cut services and slashed business rates. - The SNP appointed the Thatcherite ex RBS Chair George Mathewson. - The SNP relied on the votes of the Tories to pass their budget. - Alex Salmond appoints the Daily Mail’s Political Editor as his Special...

First Minister Alex Salmond will tell an audience in America that Scotland needs a new approach to deal with the economic downturn.

ALEX Salmond has conceded that the general election will be fought over the economy and not Scotland's constitutional future, as he shared a platform with one his rivals