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    from 1987 to 1990. Salmond hosted The Alex Salmond Show (2017–2022) on RT UK. He currently hosts Scotland Speaks with Alex Salmond (2023–present). A graduate...
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    Alex Salmond sexual harassment scandal was a political scandal in Scotland concerning the alleged conduct of former First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond...
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    Alba Party (category Alex Salmond)
    it is led by former first minister of Scotland and SNP leader Alex Salmond. Salmond launched the party's 2021 Scottish Parliament election campaign...
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    in favour of Alex Salmond, standing instead as depute leader on a joint ticket with Salmond. Both were subsequently elected; as Salmond was still an MP...
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  • The Alex Salmond Show is a UK weekly political talk show hosted by former First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, which premiered on RT on 16 November...
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    admired Alex Salmond, describing him after her election as "the person I most admire in my political life by a mile". During the Alex Salmond scandal...
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    within the Scottish Cabinet from 2007 to 2023 under First Ministers Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon. Swinney was Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP)...
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  • party, serving two terms as the opposition. The SNP gained power under Alex Salmond at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, forming a minority government...
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    the Alba Party would have been the sole decider on the vote's result. Alex Salmond, former SNP First Minister and now leader of Alba, called Regan the "most...
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    Alex Salmond's term as first minister of Scotland began on 17 May 2007 when he was formally sworn into office at the Court of Session. It followed his...
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    and the other Action for Independence candidates stood down to support Alex Salmond, who launched the Alba Party.[unreliable source?] In an April 2023 blog...
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    particularly difficult relationship with SNP leader Alex Salmond. In 2012, Curran accused Salmond and his government of having a "culture of casual dishonesty"...
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  • as Fergus Ewing and Alex Salmond to the prospect of his becoming leader. In a surprise announcement on 15 July 2004, Alex Salmond announced that he would...
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    Party (SNP) and First Minister of Scotland, following the resignation of Alex Salmond as first minister and leader. Nicola Sturgeon emerged as the only candidate...
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    2014 Scottish independence referendum (category Alex Salmond)
    Parliament and formed a minority government led by the First Minister, Alex Salmond. The SNP administration launched a 'National Conversation' as a consultation...
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    of then First Minister Alex Salmond. Robertson said: "In 2009 I was called by an Edinburgh Airport manager about Alex Salmond's perceived 'inappropriateness'...
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    and former First Minister of Scotland, and former leader of the SNP, Alex Salmond, losing Gordon at the same election. At the following election, in 2019...
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    did his predecessors Humza Yousaf and Nicola Sturgeon. Before that, Alex Salmond, led the governments of the 3rd and 4th Scottish Parliaments which was...
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    polling stations, Murrell was a "research assistant to party leader Alex Salmond". In February 1995, Murrell was working as a Parliamentary Assistant...
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    Ballantyne; the Alba Party, led by former First Minister and SNP leader Alex Salmond; and All for Unity, led by George Galloway. These parties only competed...
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    her parliamentary seat, Ahmed-Sheikh started working at RT UK on The Alex Salmond Show. In March 2021 she defected from the SNP to the Alba Party and then...
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    in 2009, Yousaf went on to work as a parliamentary assistant for both Alex Salmond and Sturgeon. Prior to his election at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election...
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    future Shadow Cabinet minister Ann Widdecombe, and future SNP Leader Alex Salmond. MPs who left the House of Commons as a result of this election include...
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    the 2011 election, and thus had enough numbers to vote in its leader, Alex Salmond, as first minister for a second term. After the election of the Scottish...
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    Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond was the 2020 criminal prosecution of Alex Salmond, the former First Minister of Scotland. Salmond faced 14 charges, mostly...
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    election included the Alba Party, led by former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond. The Workers Party of Britain, led by George Galloway, also took part...
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    Poll Tax. It was widely known that he often disagreed politically with Alex Salmond, leader of the SNP through the 1990s, and he was at one stage viewed...
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    any confidence or budget votes ("confidence and supply"). SNP leader, Alex Salmond was elected First Minister on 16 May 2007; he was officially sworn in...
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    endorsed by Alba Party leader and former SNP leader and first minister, Alex Salmond. She finished last of three candidates with 11.1% of the vote and was...
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    First Minister Alex Salmond alleged serious misconduct by Evans in her handling of accusations of sexual misconduct against him. Salmond won a judicial...
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