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- George Galloway: When Alex Salmond speaks up, many will ‘tremble in the midst of their glee’
Alex Salmond is not from Dundee, nor is he ‘bonnie’ (pretty, attractive), but the skirl of the Jacobite refrain “up wi’ the bonnets o’ Bonnie Dundee” might well be his anthem.Oct 13, 2020 18:44 - ‘Russian doll’ Britain: As UK quits Europe and Scotland tries to quit UK, it’s no surprise tiny Shetland Islands want freedom tooWith the choppy political waters in Britain and the country’s future unclear, the small subarctic islands of Shetland have declared they want independence. Given their remote location, they’ve every right to go it alone.Sep 11, 2020 12:50
- Scotland needs to be independent to recover from Covid-19 crisis – deputy first ministerScotland won’t be able to bounce back from the coronavirus crisis if key powers remain in the hands of London, and it needs to become independent from the UK, Scottish Deputy First Minister John Swinney said.Sep 4, 2020 13:25UK News
- Alex Salmond’s retrial by TV in a desperate documentary only showed the BBC isn’t as impartial as it claims to beShort on new information and heavy on insinuation, ‘The Trial of Alex Salmond’ felt like a hatchet job on Scotland’s former first minister following his acquittal on attempted rape and sexual assault charges.Aug 18, 2020 17:55
- Lessons to be learned from Scottish exam fiasco: Protesting can change results… and the SNP are absolutely bulletproofA plan to downgrade 124,000 school exam results has been reversed in Scotland in the face of a massive outcry. Is this a precedent for unpopular results in future? And how shambolic do the SNP have to be before they lose support?Aug 12, 2020 14:35
- UK would lose its ‘magic’ without Scotland – PM JohnsonThe UK is the “greatest political partnership” in the world, but it wouldn't be the same if one of its members decides to leave, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned amid a growing appetite for independence in Scotland.Aug 10, 2020 15:25UK News
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