The SNP could save Boris Johnson from a growing Tory revolt over domestic vaccine passports as Labour hardened its opposition to the documents. Some 40 Tory MPs have made clear they are against domestic ‘Covid Status Certification’, warning that introducing the checks in everyday life would create a ‘two tier’ nation. Labour is also increasingly … Read more
Alex Salmond today demanded fresh Scottish independence talks start immediately after May’s Holyrood elections if separatist parties achieve a ‘super-majority’ of seats. Launching his new Alba Party’s election campaign today the former SNP First Minister said that discussions with Westminster should begin in ‘week one’ of the new assembly. A poll at the weekend suggested … Read more
‘Independence is a bigger cause than personalities’: Alex Salmond says he would work with arch foe Nicola Sturgeon to try to break up the UK (but admits they have not spoken for ‘some considerable time’) Ex-First Minister said that ‘independence is a bigger cause than personalities’ Spoke to GMB days after quitting the SNP to … Read more
Former prime minister Gordon Brown accused Nicola Sturgeon of ‘petty politicking’ over Scottish independence today, telling the First Minister to focus on Covid and nothing else. In his first major intervention in the Holyrood election campaign the former Labour leader said that the SNP chief should ‘put her constitutional argument to one side and focus … Read more
Coronavirus carrying SNP MP Margaret Ferrier claimed £1175 expenses for trip from London to Glasgow after testing positive for virus Margaret Ferrier, 60, travelled from Glasgow to Westminster and back again She allegedly travelled to London while waiting for the results of a Covid test She made a return journey after being informed she had … Read more
Coronavirus carrying SNP MP Margaret Ferrier claimed £1175 expenses for trip from London to Glasgow after testing positive for virus Margaret Ferrier, 60, travelled from Glasgow to Westminster and back again She allegedly travelled to London while waiting for the results of a Covid test She made a return journey after being informed she had … Read more
Alex Salmond threatens broadcasters with legal action if he is barred from taking part in live TV debates ahead of the Scottish elections as he says there is an ‘unanswerable’ case for including his new Alba Party Alba leader is to write to broadcasters and regulator Ofcom to demand a place He was was unveiled as … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon today accused her former boss Alex Salmond of begin an attention seeker after he launched a new rival party. In her bluntest attack so far on the former SNP first minister his successor Ms Sturgeon accused him of launching Alba last Friday as part of a publicity campaign designed to boost his ego. … Read more
SNP deputy first minister John Swinney apologises for breaking Covid rules after being pictured on campaign trail with four other party activists Deputy first minister John Swinney took selfie in front of four other SNP activists Senior figure deleted the picture just hours after sharing it on Twitter last Friday Comes after SNP business minister … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP rocked by MORE defections to Alex Salmond’s Alba party as councillors follow nationalist MPs quitting to join up with ex-First Minister ahead of May elections Two senior councillors have quit to line up alongside the former First Minister Defections come after two Westminster SNP MPs joined Alba at the weekend Salmond launched … Read more