Alex Salmond
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - MAY 25: Alex Salmond Scotland’s First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party attend the yes campaign launch with campaign supporters at Cineworld on May 25, 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The yes campaign for Scottish independence is urging Scots to sign a declaration showing their support by the time of the referendum, which is expected to be held in the autumn of 2014.
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climate justice ... links human rights and development, and puts people at the heart of our economic system.
By passing on 89 per cent of the cuts to local government, Alex Salmond is forcing councils to borrow money just to keep vital public services running. The SNP are being completely dishonest when they put forward a five-year council tax freeze and refuse to fully fund it as promised.
If last year was a tsunami for the SNP, perhaps now the tide is going out on Alex Salmond.More quotes »
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Donald Trump demands Scotland nix wind turbines
the evidence, I am a world class expert in tourism."The public gallery burst into laughter.Trump claimed Scottish leader Alex Salmond and his predecessor Jack McConnell gave him verbal assurances a wind farm would not be built off the coast of his resort."They Read more »
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Scottish Independence and Alex Salmond's Currency Dilemma
Amid the glens and the lochs, in the taverns on the streets of Edinburgh, and around the isles broken away from the mainland, hearty debate is taking place about whether or not to break up a union that dates back 300 years. When once a stone wall was con from International Business Times Read more »
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Oil and gas plans to be unveiled
29 May 2012 Last updated at 02:31 ET The oil and gas sector supports more than 400,000 jobs, nearly half of them in Scotland An oil and gas strategy for Scotland is due to be unveiled by the first minister in Aberdeen. Alex Salmond will set a series of t from BBC News Read more »
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Salmond looks to the bright future of oil and gas
A blueprint to ensure the oil and gas sector underpins the economy well into the middle of the century will be unveiled by Alex Salmond today. The Scottish Government is aiming to capitalise on the estimated £1.5trillion still to be extracted from the No from Press and Journal Read more »
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Time to put SNP's claims under the spotlight
Four days in and that campaign that was said to be the biggest Scotland had ever seen can't be said to be going all that well. For sure Alex Salmond got heaps of incredibly uncritical television and radio coverage from broadcasters who, basically, trumpe from The Telegraph Read more »
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Momentum builds for Scotland’s ‘Yes to Independence’ campaign
Just days after Alex Salmond fired the starting gun on the two and a half year “Yes to Independence” campaign, the weekend’s press has been full of talk of tactics on both sides of the debate. Scotland on Sunday political editor Eddie Barnes reported on from Left Foot Forward Read more »
