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Alex Salmond dragged Scotland to the brink of independence before parting company with the SNP. The leader of the Alba Party remains a thorn in the side of his former protege, Nicola Sturgeon.

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SNP Government 'fleece the taxpayer' by spending £10m on legal advice amid series of failed court battles
Scottish Government
Exclusive: The Scottish Government have been humiliated in court repeatedly in the past couple of years, but have managed to rack up a huge bill for external legal advice.
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Anger as papers show SNP ministers didn't discuss Lockerbie bomber release in Cabinet
Lockerbie bombing
The decision announced by Kenny MacAskill in August 2009 caused fury in the USA, which was amplified when Megrahi arrived back in Libya to a hero's welcome... but it was never officially discussed
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John Swinney proposed a 300mph 'levitating' train between Glasgow and Edinburgh
Tech
Back in 2009, the First Minister proposed the idea for a 'Maglev' train service running between Scotland's two largest cities in just 18 minutes... but it never got off the ground
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Abu Agila Masud WAS involved in Lockerbie bombing, says man who released Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
Dumfries and Galloway
270 people died when PanAm flight 103 was blown up over the Dumfries and Galloway town in December 1988 and former Scottish justice secretary Kenny MacAskill believes another conviction is just around the corner
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Scottish Government's chief civil servant insists public cash wasn't wasted in SNP's attempt to protect Nicola Sturgeon in court
Secretive SNP
JP Marks, who is the SNP Executive's Permanent Secretary, insisted that it was right for the government to waste £148k on a court case it lost in seconds in a bid to protect Nicola Sturgeon's conduct during the Alex Salmond Inquiry.
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John Swinney left irritated as he refuses to answer questions about Operation Branchform
Operation Branchform
The First Minister was asked repeated questions about the police probe into the SNP but stonewalled all of them including what he and Nicola Sturgeon have discussed recently.
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Alex Salmond's revenge as former First Minister helped cops probing Operation Branchform
Operation Branchform
The former SNP Leader spoke to detectives about the police investigation into his former party's finances which has seen Peter Murrell charged and Nicola Sturgeon arrested by cops.
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John Swinney dodges questions about secretive SNP hiding Nicola Sturgeon report after damning letter
John Swinney
The First Minister and the SNP was accused of 'hiding something' as Jamie Hepburn put in a 'shameful' performance as he was grilled by MSPs about the Scottish Information Commissioner's damning letter about the Alex Salmond Inquiry.
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John Swinney urged to 'come clean' over secretive Nicola Sturgeon Alex Salmond scandal
John Swinney
The First Minister is facing growing calls to answer questions about the secretive Scottish Government stalling and taking the Scottish Information Commissioner to court to avoid publishing details about Nicola Sturgeon's conduct during the Salmond Inquiry.
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Secretive SNP submitted 'factual inaccuracies' and went ahead with 'unwinnable' court case to protect Nicola Sturgeon amid Salmond Inquiry
Secretive SNP
Scotland's Information Commissioner was in excoriating form as he blasted the Scottish Government for numerous failings as it covered up evidence about Nicola Sturgeon's conduct during the probe into Alex Salmond.
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Wealthy friends of Alex Salmond vow to continue his legal fight with the SNP Government
Alex Salmond
The case centres on claims that a cabal surrounding Nicola Sturgeon colluded to destroy her former mentor with sexual misconduct allegations, with calls from across the political spectrum for the Scottish Government to face a reckoning
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Calls made for Alex Salmond public inquiry to 'restore faith' in Scotland's governance
Alex Salmond
Former Labour special adviser Paul Sinclair has claimed that Anas Sarwar should put a new Salmond Inquiry in his 2026 Scottish Parliament manifesto in a bid to ensure scandals are properly investigated in Scotland.
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Sacked former SNP MP brands party 'clueless' as he defects to Alba amid warning there will be MORE high profile defections
Alba Party
The former Western Isles MP confirmed that he joined the Nationalist party founded by Alex Salmond as he criticised the SNP for failing to have a strategy for independence.
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Nats at war! Fall out from Alex Salmond memorial continues as Indy movement turns on itself
Alex Salmond
The former first minister and SNP leader was remembered at a service in St Giles' Cathedral on Saturday but it was not a unifying event amongst the separatist campaign
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Alex Salmond ally lambasts current SNP Government for taking credit for his policies while deleting him from history
Alex Salmond
John Swinney was left red-faced after Alba Party Acting Leader Kenny MacAskill blasted the current incarnation of the SNP for taking credit for Alex Salmond's policies despite erasing him from the history of the party.
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Nicola Sturgeon attends Janey Godley's funeral as vicar claims comic saved lives during Covid pandemic
Nicola Sturgeon
The former First Minister snubbed the memorial service to her former mentor Alex Salmond in Edinburgh to instead attend the funeral of the controversial comedian in Glasgow.
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John Swinney booed and branded a 'traitor' as he attends Alex Salmond memorial
John Swinney
The First Minister is attending the memorial service for his former ally at St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh but received a negative reaction from some mourners.
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Alex Salmond's family struggling to 'process' his death ahead of memorial service
Alex Salmond
The former SNP and Alba leader, who led the country between 2007 and 2014, had become ill while attending an international conference in North Macedonia
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'Save us Nicola!' SNP urged to bring back Sturgeon as leader as party 'owes its fortunes to her'
Nicola Sturgeon
The former first minister may have resigned under a cloud in 2023, but nationalist journalist Neil Mackay reckons the independence movement could benefit from its 'queen over the water'
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Nicola Sturgeon says it was 'rational' that Scotland would vote to stay in UK as she claims Unionists 'don't understand'
Nicola Sturgeon
The former first minister and SNP leader also admitted her side failed to adequately answer the question of which currency and independent Scotland would use
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Fury as SNP Ministers seek to 'fill their own pockets' by scrapping freeze on their salaries
Public money
Despite imposing the highest tax regime in the UK and with ordinary Scots still gripped by a cost-of-living crisis, greedy Nat Ministers are in talks over awarding themselves a massive pay rise
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Stephen Flynn claims 'Holyrood needs me' in car crash TV interview as SNP civil war explodes
Stephen Flynn
The Nats' Westminster leader has sparked outrage with plans to stand at Holyrood while still serving as an MP and he looked unconvincing while appearing on BBC Scotland's Sunday Show
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Stephen Flynn told 'you've f***ed it' as Nat colleague sends cheeky message to Westminster leader
Stephen Flynn
The SNP group at Holyrood is said to be united behind Audrey Nicoll who faces battle to remain the candidate in Aberdeen South and North Kincardine
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Knock knock. Who's there? A failed ex-first minister and suspect in one of Scotland's biggest police investigations!
Nicola Sturgeon
Have you heard the one about Nicola Sturgeon...? With the former SNP leader set to perform at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, we've got some suggestions for jokes she could tell
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