Douglas Ross grilled by host on Sturgeon no confidence vote During the last Scottish election in 2014, the SNP suffered humiliation after being reduced to a minority Government winning 61 out of the 129 available seats in the Holyrood parliament. Scotland’s ruling
NICOLA STURGEON has been dealt a huge blow to her election campaign as another MP has defected from her party today.
The former Scottish justice secretary is the first big SNP name to defect to the new party, although former SNP councillor Chris McEleny is standing as a candidate for the Alba Party in the upcoming Scottish Parliament elections. Alex Salmond launched his
SNP’s Kenny MacAskill becomes party’s first Westminster MP to defect to Alex Salmond’s new Alba Party Kenny MacAskill has represented East Lothian in the Commons since 2019 He insisted the switch would bolster, not derail, the independence movement Ex-SNP MP Corrie Wilson
The former first minister announced on Friday that he was launching the ALBA Independence party. Eva Comrie will stand as a candidate in Mid Scotland and Fife for the ALBA Independence party, handing a blow to Nicola Sturgeon. She was initially planning
Alex Salmond launches Alba party to rival SNP after civil war with Nicola Sturgeon vowing to stand candidates in May elections By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 10:08 EDT, 26 March 2021 | Updated: 10:08 EDT, 26 March 2021
Annie Wells, an MSP and the former deputy leader of Scottish Conservative, claimed Mr Blackford had committed an “embarrassing gaffe” by urging Scottish Tories leader Douglas Ross to stand down as an MP before himself seeking election to Holyrood. Speaking during Prime
Alan Sked said Scottish voters should be aware that irrational thinking and acting “is fast becoming the guiding philosophy of the EU”. In an article published by Think Scotland, a think tank, he argued that the soaring cost of repairing the eurozone
Scots Tory leader Douglas Ross blasts Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘reckless’ demand for a new independence vote after ‘the Covid crisis is over’ as he kicks off Holyrood election campaign with a warning that a referendum would delay Scotland’s recovery By David Wilcock, Whitehall
In the final First Minister’s Questions before May’s election rivals hit out at Ms Sturgeon’s failure on her so-called “defining mission”. The SNP leader has repeatedly been asked to be judged on education and closing the attainment gap between rich and poor