Alex Salmond @AlexSalmond Twitter profile

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Alex Salmond

@AlexSalmond

7 years

Tempted to be naughty. #fieldsofwheat

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10 years

Well done to Glasgow, our commonwealth city, and to the people of Scotland for such a incredible support

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Alex Salmond

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7 years

I support Catalonia’s right to choose. #ScotsForCatalonia

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10 years

Let's not dwell on the distance we've fallen short - let us dwell on the distance we have travelled

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10 years

Heading home to Strichen. With love and thanks from Moira and I for all your kind messages of support. http://t.co/MrRy1De2XK

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6 years

Is the UK seriously going to join in military action against Syria with no real examination of evidence, no strategy beyond Presidential tweet and no parliamentary assent? Quite incredible.

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10 years

@AngrySalmond #sexysocialdemocracy ... I'll leave that in your capable hands!

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5 months

Self-identification was the worst legislation in the history of devolution. It divided the country, weakened the political process and alienated much of the women’s movement from their own Parliament (1/2)

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1 year

Unionists should beware in their glee as the lesson of history is that you can postpone democracy but you cannot deny it. (1/5)

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4 years

STATEMENT ON SIR SEAN CONNERY FROM ALEX SALMOND “The world’s greatest Scot, the last of the real Hollywood stars, the definitive Bond” #SeanConnery #ScotlandForever

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Alex Salmond

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2 years

The BBC have badly let people down in their coverage of the Queen’s passing. The ongoing attempt to appropriate a display of Scottish respect & affection for our late monarch to peddle a state political line, shows the extent of BBC departure from broadcasting standards. (1/4)

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Alex Salmond

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1 year

Humza Yousaf should be taking on Westminster on self-determination, not taking on the Scottish people on self-identification. He has embarked on the ultimate lose/lose gambit. If he loses the case, he is humiliated by Westminster. If he wins it, he loses with the Scottish people.

The National

@ScotNational

1 year

BREAKING: The Scottish Government will launch a legal challenge against Westminster's decision to block Scotland's gender reform from becoming law

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Alex Salmond

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5 years

Oh, Jo-annnnnna Cherry💪🏻 @joannaccherry #CherryCase

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Alex Salmond

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7 years

Thank you for all of your kind words and good wishes.

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Alex Salmond

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7 years

Well done Scotland's First Minister. It's called political leadership - UK parties should take note...

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Alex Salmond

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4 years

The Rowan, which graced my office in the Scottish Parliament is a painting about hope. Six years after #indyref1 , the task is not to travel hopefully but to arrive. #18thSeptember 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Alex Salmond

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6 years

He never phones, he never writes, he never apologises and he never explains. No apology as yet from @afneil after his censure by the BBC for using "fake stats" in an election interview with me. Apparently sourced from a Tory press release. At least he stays close to his roots!

The National

@ScotNational

6 years

Andrew Neil attacked the Scottish Government's record – but he got his facts all wrong

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Alex Salmond

@AlexSalmond

7 years

How can I compete with "Fluffy" @DavidMundellDCT for humour? I only sold out 19 festival shows, he sold out the entire country.

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@PGourtsoyannis

7 years

David Mundell says Nicola Sturgeon must wish she could bin Alex Salmond’s “Benny Hill routine” like the panda/Tory MP joke #cpc17

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1 year

“There’s nane ever fear’d that the truth should be heard, But they whom the truth would indite.” It takes decades to build a political party but days to destroy one.

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Alex Salmond

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7 years

My constituency staff and I, still smiling till the end. #TeamAlex

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4 years

Fine work from @LesleyRiddoch , Charlie Stuart and Patrick Doyle. Scotland should celebrate the Arbroath Declaration as a statement of European and world significance, a gleam of hope lighting the medieval darkness #DeclarationofArbroath #Arbroath700

Lesley Riddoch

@LesleyRiddoch

4 years

Lots of folk champing at the bit - so the Declaration film link is now live! You are our distributors. If you like the film, please tweet & retweet like billio. Tx especially 2 @cherlieboy , Patrick Doyle & team, trailmaker @chrisg_smith & Chris Weir. Phew

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Alex Salmond

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7 years

There may not be a meaningful vote in this chamber, but there will be in Scotland.

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Alex Salmond

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4 years

Great to speak to Sean today. He was enjoying his birthday party and in fine form #GreatestLivingScot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Alex Salmond

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4 years

Generations of players have come and gone since the boys in dark blue last made a major tournament. Congratulations to Steve Clarke and the whole @ScottishFA team, who with the backing of a proud and hopeful nation, have secured Scotland’s place at the European Championships🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Scotland National Team

@ScotlandNT

4 years

Never in doubt... 😅 #SRBSCO

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Alex Salmond

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5 years

So the long and the short of the Boris deal is, Northern Ireland to be offered the same status with the EU as we sought in the ‘Scotland’s Place in Europe’ document of December 2016 - with a few billion bung thrown in for the DUP! #ShortChangedScotland #NowsTheHour

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Alex Salmond

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3 months

Watching the procedural chaos unfolding in the Palace of Westminster on this gravest of issues, who can possibly believe that this Chamber is any longer capable of representing Scotland on the international stage #CeasefireNOW

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Alex Salmond

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3 years

Warm congratulations to @AnasSarwar . It is a significant moment for our country to have a party leader from our Scottish Asian community. Well done!

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3 years

Totally dominant performance from Scotland and this man is some player!First of many trophies for this fine team #AsOne #CalcuttaCup @Scotlandteam 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Alex Salmond

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7 years

So there we have it. Full English Brexit from May and an Asian style social model from Hammond. Time to call a halt to this nonsense.

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7 years

Tragic finish, but great from Griffiths and magnificent from Scotland.

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Alex Salmond

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6 years

The tributes to @AngusRobertson have concentrated on his 16 years as an MP but his activity for @theSNP stretches back over 30 years. For these decades of endeavour, Party & country owe him a huge vote of thanks-something tells me we’ll see his name back on a ballot paper one day

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Alex Salmond

@AlexSalmond

5 months

Now that @scotgov Ministers have been comprehensively outmanoeuvred by Alister Jack and ridiculed in defence of the indefensible, they might reflect that a renewed focus on self-determination for fuel-poor Scots in energy-rich Scotland might be a better way forward for 2024 (2/2)

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Alex Salmond

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2 years

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Alex Salmond

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6 years

Totally magnificent from flamboyant first half to gritty second half. Amazing Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #AsOne 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #BackingBlue 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #SCOvENG 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Alex Salmond

@AlexSalmond

3 years

The man o’ independent mind, He looks an’ laughs at a’ that. #BurnsNight2021

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Alex Salmond

@AlexSalmond

5 years

STATEMENT - Alex Salmond welcomes court victory as Scottish Government admits defeat

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Alex Salmond

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8 years

Some of the toughest battles are fought in silence. It's important we continue to raise awareness on #WorldMentalHealthDay .

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Alex Salmond

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1 year

Very well done to @AUOBNOW and all who rallied for independence in Glasgow yesterday. The UK establishment has been laughing at Scotland - the scale of yesterday’s march will give them pause for thought.

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Alex Salmond

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3 years

Spoke to Gareth this morning to wish him well and make him aware of how much support and good wishes he has from so many. I can report that the Famous @Grouse_Beater spirit remains undimmed!

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Alex Salmond

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2 years

With Boris Johnson resembling the stag at bay, might this not be a good time to press the case on delivering the much promised vote on Scottish independence in line with the multiple mandates from the Scottish people? #ScotlandsOpportunity

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6 years

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Alex Salmond

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8 years

The UK has deployed jets from Scotland to bomb Syria less than 12 hours since 57 out of 59 Scots MP rejected these actions. #DontBombSyria

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Alex Salmond

@AlexSalmond

6 years

What a load of complete piffle from The Mail, The Telegrapgh et al. The hoisting of Lion Rampant had nothing whatsoever to do with @NicolaSturgeon . I changed the policy on flag flying back in 2010 after an audience with Her Majesty the Queen at Balmoral the previous year.

Alex Salmond

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6 years

Flag Flying Policy

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Alex Salmond

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5 years

If I had but known 5 years ago that @BorisJohnson would become Prime Minister and Britain would be poised on the brink of a hard #Brexit then I would have delayed the Scottish referendum and now looked forward to a 60% plus Yes vote... [1/3] #Independence

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Alex Salmond

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4 years

A memory today of John Hume in Ireland, hard in the aftermath of Omagh, delivering the finest impromptu speech I have ever witnessed - facing down horror with hope. May God rest his brave soul.

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Alex Salmond

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10 years

Wherever we are travelling together, we are a better nation today than at the start of this process - more informed, enabled and empowered.

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Alex Salmond

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10 years

Wonderful to meet this lovely lady at the polls who said, "I've been waiting all my life for this!" #LetsDoThis http://t.co/6dOdG6179u

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Alex Salmond

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5 years

Still the greatest comeback ever seen in International Rugby to retain the Cup. All heart and suggests great things to come in Japan @scotlandteam #SCOvENG #AsOne

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Alex Salmond

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4 years

There are only a very few people who have responded to good fortune with the overwhelming wish to share it in support of the causes in which they believed, than Colin and Chris Weir (1/2)

STV News

@STVNews

4 years

EuroMillions winner and Partick Thistle owner Colin Weir has died after a short illness.

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Alex Salmond

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3 years

Well done both teams! What a game and what a performance from Scotland - guts and gumption. Vive L’Ecosse🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #FRASCO

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Alex Salmond

@AlexSalmond

7 years

Complete. Utter. Piffle. UK Gov caught flat footed. Obvious Downing Street briefing, Sky News silly enough to repeat it.

Sky News Breaking

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7 years

Sky Sources: First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was pushed into seeking a second Scottish independence referendum by Alex Salmond and others

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Alex Salmond

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7 years

“Not edifying”, mealy-mouthed Mundell's description of state violence against Catalan people. Not fit to be an MP, my description of Mundell

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Alex Salmond

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9 years

Over to you again @AngrySalmond Here’s a picture from my leaving doo #SexySocialism http://t.co/Q7GFfrtwoo

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Alex Salmond

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3 years

And a Happy New Year to you too, Andrew. Whatever “strategy” JP have been pursuing with The Scotsman these last years, it most certainly was not mine.

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3 years

Alex Salmond in 2005 encouraged JP to buy The Scotsman. Just get Andrew Neil out the door and sales will soar, he assured them. In fact, sales went from 75,000 to under 20,000. So the Salmond/JP strategy didn’t go exactly to plan. In fact they wasted a great Scottish institution

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Alex Salmond

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2 years

Women and men o’ independent mind….

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Alex Salmond

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7 years

Pleased to see correction, apology and goodwill charity payments from the Daily Mail.

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Alex Salmond

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4 years

Well done @ScotlandNT ! Best international run since the Govan by-election! Top of the Nations League table🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Scotland National Team

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4 years

FULL TIME: Scotland 1-0 Czech Republic. A fantastic, disciplined display from Steve Clarke's side. Ryan Fraser's first half strike hands us the points and consolidates our position at the top of the group. Come on Scotland! #SCOCZE

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Alex Salmond

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7 years

"Here's tae us, Wha's like us. Damn few, and they're a' deid."

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Alex Salmond

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2 years

Boris Johnson has left Scotland out of Europe and politically out in the cold. Whatever happens, there will now be a power vacuum at Westminster until autumn while Scottish families fear how to heat their homes this winter (1/2)

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Alex Salmond

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4 years

All according to plan😉 Well done @ScotlandNT !🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Scotland National Team

@ScotlandNT

4 years

Kenny McLean... SCORES! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿: ✅✅✅✅✅ 🇮🇱: ❌✅✅✅ WE'RE THROUGH TO THE FINAL!

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Alex Salmond

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2 years

In any event, it can hardly be argued that the Claim of Right is merely a historical curiosity, when one of the first acts of the new King is to be required to swear an oath to uphold it! This is the sort of history which can shape the future (7/7).

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Alex Salmond

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5 years

In my estimation, Speaker Bercow embraced all of these qualities, but with one crucial addition, that no Speaker in history has done more to champion the rights of Parliament & of backbenchers than this one. For that he should have our great gratitude. Well played Mr Speaker(2/2)

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Alex Salmond

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3 years

An eagle-eyed reader of SoS will have spotted this correction ordered by IPSO. Time and effort could have been avoided if the publication had apologised back in April for putting their words in my mouth to suit their own agenda (1/2)

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5 years

Therefore on this fifth anniversary we should focus not on what might have been but on the opportunity still to come. [3/3] #IndyRefDay

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Alex Salmond

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7 years

I offer my condolences and solidarity - especially during the holy month of Ramadan - to the Muslim community of Finsbury Park.

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6 years

Statement from Alex Salmond

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Alex Salmond

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2 months

Humza is trapped in the classic definition of insanity - doing exactly the same thing time after time but claiming to expect a different result This shows why hardly anyone in Scotland & crucially in Westminster now believes the SNP have any seriousness of intent on independence

Connor Gillies

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2 months

NEW: Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf has told @SkyNews he will ask Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer for a Section 30 order (seeking the powers to hold another independence referendum) if he becomes the next Prime Minister.

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Alex Salmond

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7 years

As each day passes, it's becoming ever more clearer that one reason the PM called #GE17 is due to CPS investigation into Tory election fraud

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9 years

A strong team for Scotland at Westminster. All 56 of us! http://t.co/8TvMXiW3lB

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6 years

There is not a family in the country who doesn’t have cause to be grateful to Scotland’s Health Service and therefore every single one of us should join in the celebration of this 70th birthday #NHSScot70

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Alex Salmond

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3 years

My late Dad, showing how to take a penalty and a Cup Final defeat - Hampden Park, March 2013. Really tough luck BraveHearts but congratulations to Neil Lennon and his team #ScottishCupFinal

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Alex Salmond

@AlexSalmond

2 years

BBC bias and the needless, and completely pointless, arrest of a handful of protesters have been the only jarring notes in an otherwise fitting and positive Scottish contribution and appreciation for this truly remarkable lady. (4/4)

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Alex Salmond

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7 years

Eid Mubarak to all celebrating and particularly to Scottish Muslims who have fasted during our midnight sun in June.

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Alex Salmond

@AlexSalmond

11 months

Winnie Ewing - the most influential Scottish nationalist of the 20th century.

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Alex Salmond

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10 years

Pleased to announce that my FM pension will be donated to support young people, community & charitable causes http://t.co/4IsEnB2tqu

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6 years

Statement in response to Nicola Sturgeon

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Alex Salmond

@AlexSalmond

7 years

My sympathy and condolences go to Martin McGuinness' family.

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Alex Salmond

@AlexSalmond

6 years

Just catching up on the Sunday Herald smear piece on my TV Show, @AlexSalmondShow , broadcast on RT international (Sky Channel 511). Unfortunately, I had cancelled my subscription last week in a fit of pique after the truly bizarre coverage of the Indy march in Glasgow (1/4)

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Alex Salmond

@AlexSalmond

2 years

What Scotland requires is a Scottish National Renewables Corporation (SNRC) allocated a public share in every offshore wind, and other major renewable project, as a licence condition. (1/6)

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Alex Salmond

@AlexSalmond

1 year

Happy to confirm that I was called today by @AshReganSNP on ALBA participation in an Independence Convention and we are delighted to say Yes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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1 year

All parties were called today, including the @scottishgreens - message left, still awaiting a call back. Everyone else enthusiastic.

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Alex Salmond

@AlexSalmond

7 years

The UK Government are prioritising the rebuilding of royal palaces while the people struggle for bread.

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Alex Salmond

@AlexSalmond

9 years

Well done to the people of Greece. European leaders should now respond constructively to the democratic voice of the Greek people.

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Alex Salmond

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7 years

Magnificent Scotland. Our luck finally turns.

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Alex Salmond

@AlexSalmond

2 years

Boris Johnson is finished and deservedly so, but the unfinished business is the future of Scotland. (1/4)

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Alex Salmond

@AlexSalmond

6 years

Salmond puts Scottish independence first Help support the costs of Alex Salmond's Judicial Review in the Court of Session. #forFairness

Salmond puts Scottish independence first

Help support the costs of Alex Salmond's Judicial Review in the Court of Session.https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/AlexSalmond#forFairness

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Alex Salmond

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7 years

Game on...

The Herald

@heraldscotland

7 years

Wednesday's front page of The Herald

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Alex Salmond

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2 months

Humza Yousaf’s problem is not his modest ambition to make Scotland Tory free - the Tory Party are well on the way to achieving that. His problem is that he is well on the way to making the SNP independence free. #ALBAforIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Alex Salmond

@AlexSalmond

2 years

What better time could there be to force Scotland’s demand for an independence referendum by popular demonstration and parliamentary action? The real fight should not be over which Tory moves into Downing Street. The real fight is for Scotland. #indyref2 (2/2)

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Alex Salmond

@AlexSalmond

2 years

The SNP written submission to the Supreme Court cites a parliamentary exchange between Donald Dewar and myself, upholding the sovereign rights of the Scottish people, on the introduction of the Scotland Bill White Paper on the 24th July 1997. (1/15)

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Alex Salmond

@AlexSalmond

10 years

Electoral roll shouldn’t be used to pursue ancient Poll Tax debts. We'll legislate so, after 25 yrs, the Poll Tax is finally dead & buried.

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Alex Salmond

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7 years

Surely the Leader of the House can bend one for Beckham?

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Alex Salmond

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9 years

Charles Kennedy was by far the most generous person I have ever met in politics. Sad loss of a great politician and, above all, a great man.

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Alex Salmond

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2 years

What can possibly explain the extraordinary stushie within the SNP about a three way referendum? The consternation should surely be about why no referendum at all? (1/3)

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Alex Salmond

@AlexSalmond

2 years

Here are a few political quiz questions for the weekend; Why would any real believer in Scottish independence want the weak and chaotic Boris Johnson out of Downing Street to be replaced by a ‘more competent’ unionist politician? (1/4)

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Alex Salmond

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7 years

A very happy New Year one and all.

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Alex Salmond

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2 years

Those whom the gods would destroy they first render ridiculous #KwasiKwarteng #LizTruss

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Alex Salmond

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6 years

What a performance from Scotland cricket team. Great captaincy, great spirit and great teamwork #SCOvENG @CricketScotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Alex Salmond

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10 years

We have a totally new body politic, a new spirit abroad in the land – one which is speaking loud and clear. Things cannot be the same again.

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