Hosted on MSN1mon
Douglas Ross: SNP fanatics won’t let Scotland heal, ten years after referendum
We rejected independence but the SNP won’t let us move forward By Douglas Ross Ten years on from the referendum on Scottish independence and my overriding emotion remains relief at the outcome. ...
Nicola Sturgeon set for sensational comeback as she 'applies to be SNP candidate'
Nicola Sturgeon has reportedly submitted an application to be a candidate for the SNP at the next Holyrood election. However, ...
Will Scotland Ever Become Independent?
This year is the tenth anniversary of the Scottish independence referendum, which whilst the motion for independence was defeated, set in train a groundswell in ...
Hosted on MSN7mon
Fresh polling blow for the slumping SNP as they are overtaken by Labour in Scotland for the first time since the 2014 independence referendum - with one-third of Scots now ...
The SNP have been dealt a fresh blow after a new poll revealed they have been overtaken by Labour for the first time since the 2014 independence referendum. In the latest YouGov survey ...
Fury erupts as SNP rolls back on triple lock pensions promise under new 'Scexit' plans
Scottish officials are reportedly discussing whether the country could maintain the pensions triple lock in an independent ...
THE WEEK1mon
Alex Salmond and the 'giant gap' in the Scottish independence movement
The result "established the SNP as a formidable political force" and confirmed "that a referendum on Scottish independence was inevitable". Although the independence movement would go on to lose ...
heraldscotland2d
Radical left could have remade Scots politics. Here's how they blew it
But the SNP is not quite out of the woods yet as its imploding relationship ... This is because it missed the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do so after the 2014 referendum. After its very own ...
World Socialist Web Site1mon
Alex Salmond embodied Scottish nationalism’s political bankruptcy—Part 1
With the SNP split on calls for a new independence referendum it would likely lose and having suffered major electoral losses, and with Salmond’s unsuccessful Alba Party now bereft of its leader ...
heraldscotland24d
'SNP should have given Salmond wise head role after 2014'
Alex Salmond could have been a "wise head" for the SNP and should have been persuaded not to resign suddenly in the wake of the independence referendum, according to former Scottish Labour leader ...
The Conversation1mon
Alex Salmond: Scotland’s first nationalist leader and a tireless campaigner for independence
Only ten years after he had returned as leader, he led the SNP to a referendum outcome where 45% of voters said yes to independence, a much larger figure than many thought possible. However ...
Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, Who Sought Scotland’s Independence, Dies at 69
Salmond, as then leader of the Scottish National Party, led the independence campaign in the referendum in 2014.
Daily Record1mon
Alex Salmond death LIVE: Scotland's Former First Minister 'suffers suspected heart attack' as Nicola Sturgeon leads tributes
He was widely judged to have led a successful SNP Government before winning a landslide Holyrood election in 2011 and securing an independence referendum. Independence was rejected and he quit as ...