Alex Salmond says independent Scotland should ditch the Pound as Tories highlight fears over economic havoc from separatist drive Alex Salmond told Alba Party independent Scotland will need to replace pound He said the post-pandemic world meant Scotland would need its own currency Before the 2014 referendum Mr Salmond had advocated currency union with UK … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon‘s aim of a four-day week in Scotland will cost the nation’s taxpayers £3billion a year, it was claimed today. The First Minister yesterday unveiled plans for a £10million pilot scheme if the SNP administration at Holyrood is re-elected in May, which will examine the feasibility of shortening the working week. It was among … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon‘s aim of a four-day week in Scotland will cost the nation’s taxpayers £3billion a year, it was claimed today. The First Minister yesterday unveiled plans for a £10million pilot scheme if the SNP administration at Holyrood is re-elected in May, which will examine the feasibility of shortening the working week. It was among … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon today promised a multibillion-pound increase in NHS spending in Scotland as she launches the SNP‘s Holyrood election campaign. The First Minister pledged a ‘transformational’ spending rise in the wake of the pandemic, despite admitting than public health spending is already at ‘record levels.’ The pledge will raise questions about how it is to be … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon is blasted by rivals for her ‘divisive’ plans for new Scottish independence vote that would ‘reopen old wounds’ in Scottish election TV debate – while all ignore Alex Salmond’s new Alba party First Minister accused of trying to ‘reopen old wounds’ with independence push Sturgeon maintained her pledge to hold a fresh vote … Read more
Alex Salmond was last night accused of pandering to anti-English bigots in Scotland after summoning support from a 700-year-old medieval Scots king in a bizarre campaign video for his new political party. The former First Minister’s Alba party broadcast a strange 100-second clip in which an actor playing Robert the Bruce vows the rival to … Read more
Is Keir Starmer set to U-turn and back PM’s vaccine passports plans? Labour shadow cabinet ‘now believes scheme is less draconian than feared’ Sir Keir Starmer said the PM’s vaccine passports plans are ‘a complete mess’ He said last week that Labour ‘do not support the plans in their current form’ Shadow cabinet ministers ‘now … Read more
Ministers believe Boris Johnson ‘will be forced to grant permission for a second Scottish independence referendum if Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond win two thirds of Holyrood seats at election in May’ Boris Johnson has repeatedly said he is against holding a re-run of 2014 vote Ministers think PM could be forced to change tack … Read more
Alex Salmond’s upstart pro-independence Alba Party party could ruin Nicola Sturgeon‘s chances of an outright SNP majority in the Scottish parliament election, a new poll suggests today. The Savanta ComRes poll for The Scotsman predicts the SNP will return 64 MSPs, one short of the 65 needed for a majority. The poll predicts the Alba … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer today confirmed Labour will not back domestic vaccine passports as he labelled Boris Johnson’s plans ‘a complete mess’. Sir Keir said during a visit to Plymouth that his party was unable to support the proposals ‘in their current form, it’s as simple as that’. The Labour leader said he feared the so-called … Read more