Ash Regan, the former community safety minister, who launched her leadership campaign on Friday is a Salmond protege. Would the man who suspected his former colleagues of trying to have him jailed now prove to be the biggest headache of all for the politician he had mentored to power? Miss Sturgeon announcing her resignation yesterday during a press conference in Edinburgh. Giving evidence, there was little evidence of the political showman of old - this was a reserved Alex Salmond, acutely aware of the difficulty of the situation facing him. The former SNP leader and First Minister suspended his show on Russia Today following the country's invasion of Ukraine. Salmond led the first ever SNP government in 2007 and its first landslide in 2011. He resigned from the SNP in August 2018, but made clear at the time that he intended to apply to rejoin the party that he led for a total of 20 years once he had cleared his name. Imran Khan, Theresa May, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan were also His acquaintances. Roddy Dunlop QC, who is vice-dean of the Faculty of Advocates, said: "The faculty takes this matter extremely seriously. And this idea that suddenly he's getting all class-warfare, doesn't the Labour Party, and especially UKIP, claim to be the Party of the Working Class (and by extension, NOT the party for the upper-class)? Bizarrely it also emerged yesterday that people in Orkney and Shetland have another candidate with aristocratic roots and royal connections that they can vote for. Former first minister Alex Salmond had his own show on RT. Mr Salmond maintained he was innocent throughout the two-week trial. called for the Faculty of Advocates, of which Mr Jackson is the dean, to start an investigation. He is a celebrity politician. But her policy agenda is pure Alex Salmond. The Alba Party chief came under-fire after Russia Mr Salmond claimed the allegations, by nine women, had been made for political purposes, and described them of "deliberate fabrications". But he added that he did not regard Mr Salmond as a sex pest. But this poll is not what he needs if he is going to get his campaign to take off.. The pair at an event to mark 17 years since the country voted Yes to devolution at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Unfortunately [he then names two of the women accusers} say it's sexual. Lorna Slater and the Scottish Greens claimed they were "delighted" with the response rate to the shambolic drinks deposit return scheme despite 84 per cent of eligible drinks producers refusing to sign up. Mr Jackson says: "I don't know much about senior politicians but he was quite an objectionable bully to work with, in a way that I don't think Nicola [current first minister Nicola Sturgeon] is. As the foreman of the jury read out verdicts clearing the former first minister of sexual assault, it was like the air had gone out of the room. I find it rather amusing to see that he thinks that Boris was elected as the electorate liked what he said and not because he was a Bullingdon boy? Nor indeed would international bodies like the European Union. By Jonathan Brocklebank For The Scottish Daily Mail, Published: 03:56 EST, 16 February 2023 | Updated: 11:59 EST, 16 February 2023. For two weeks, Mr Salmond had sat placidly in the dock as his future and freedom were debated in front of him. I wonder why? Where's the quote from?Is their a video so i can see the context it's in and whether it's not just paraphrasing. There are a range of able people in the SNP but they will now be tested in the fire of leadership, inheriting a range of serious Government policy challenges. Salmond was an oil analyst for the Royal Bank of Scotland before he entered politics. The only non public schoolboys at the mayoral elections was Red Ken and a Hugh Paddick, the copper who made Brixton into a weed smoking area and got crucified for it. Ah, Alex "Proper Geezer" Salmond and his hilarious antics! Polling bore him out. The analogy flatters the politicians but, like Lennon and McCartney, they needed each other. They were up for sale for 42. Cela permettra pour quelques personnes ayant furieux 1 The headline is that it looks as though its all over for Salmond, said polling guru Professor John Curtice who has warned the former SNP leader could finish up empty handed on 6 May. Had she spoken to him, she was asked last August, since he was cleared in the High Court in 2020 of sexual assault? 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She effectively drove Salmond out of the SNP after he was accused of sexual misconduct in 2020. Scottish Lib Dems leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said: "Alex Salmond spent years in the pay of Putin's propaganda channel. Nicola Sturgeon is facing calls to resign after two witnesses in the Alex Salmond scandal corroborated his version of key events and provided damning evidence she On 9 November 2017, the RT channel (formerly known as Russia Today) announced he would host a show called The Alex Salmond Show on the network. Salmond's successor as Scotland's first minister and SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, said she would have advised against his decision to broadcast for the channel. His height is 5 8. It was a sign, perhaps, of his vastly diminished power base in the wake of the court trial and the highly unsavoury conduct he had been forced to admit to that he fell short of that ambition. 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His tank isnt empty and at 68 he is still relatively young at least by the standards of US politics. ", Scottish Conservative leader Jackson Carlaw said: "This remains a national political scandal with profound questions of integrity for the first minister and her SNP government.". 6 minutes read. Regan also claims she would regard a 50 per cent plus vote at the next election as a mandate to commence negotiations on independence. That means he has life path number 8. Scotland - all things Scotland, Scottish and Scot here. More information on Alex Salmond can be found here. This morning Ms Sturgeon announced she was quitting at a hastily-called press conference in which she described the heavy toll leadership can take. A further charge of sexually assaulting a 10th woman had previously been dropped by prosecutors. The Scottish government admitted during a judicial review in January of last year that it had acted unlawfully while investigating sexual harassment complaints made against Mr Salmond by appointing an investigating officer who had "prior involvement" in the case. Gordon Jackson QC was caught on video making comments about the former first minister and two of his accusers. Scottish politician who was the leader of the Scottish National Party, and elected First Minister of Scotland in 2007. Regan also said she will concentrate on growing the economy and protecting jobs in the North Sea oil and gas industry even if that means slowing Scotlands transition to Net Zero. She echoed his call for an independence convention to bring all independence parties together, including Mr Salmonds breakaway Alba party. Yes I have a privileged background but it is something you try to return to the world.. He studied Economics and Medieval History at the Read about our approach to external linking. Today the 70-year-old, a retired history and modern studies teacher, played down the significance of where he went to school and said he had no difficulty taking part in Eton bashing. WebT: 02743.899.588 0985.173.317 Ms Hng 0908.131.884 Mr Quyn ALEX Salmond and his wife Moira are preparing for the Scottish election. But is Scotland ready for the return of the nationalist Lazarus? Not for you. It would bring rancour and betrayal and threaten the party of governments implosion. And he said he had "never attempted to have non-consensual sexual relations with anyone in my entire life". Join the conversation with other Spectator readers. His popular books are The Dream Shall Never Die, The Dream Shall Never Die - 100 Days that Changed Scotland Forever. So far it hasnt she is still a relative unknown. It would be the Salmond show redux. "You must get off this issue and onto issues where the Scottish Parliament has vast and overwhelming support like the pure poverty in our land of energy plenty, like the European issue, and like Scotland's essential right to self determination. He said there was a lot riding on the choice of successor, saying: "If you get somebody who is looking to reunite the movement, perhaps through the vehicle of an independence convention, whereby you take a range of parties, and indeed cross-party movements, and bring it under the same tent, then that would be a highly significant move. Alex Salmond was, of course, exonerated by the highest courts in Scotland. Attempts to centralise all adult social care were blasted by almost every sector, including councils and unions, but will now be put on the back-burner until after the SNP leadership contest. In November 2012, he became the longest serving First Minister of Scotland. To even discuss the impact of lockdown to acknowledge the damage being done to schools or NHS waiting lists was seen as treachery. He was acquitted on a not proven verdict on that charge and found not guilty on all the others. (Please note: For some informations, we can only point to external links). We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Mr Salmond and Ms Sturgeon have a bitter relationship. Cancel any time. The former First Minister hosted his weekly show on Russia Today from 2017 and suspended it in February 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. And so the psychodrama rumbled on. They have excellent management skills and are always up to achieving something great, especially when involved in financial or business matters. Mr Salmond told BBC Radio 4's World At One programme: "Well, what I see as an opportunity is to reset the independence movement.". The lawyer who acted for Alex Salmond during his sex assault trial is to be investigated after claims he described him as a "sex pest" and a bully. It was a completely stupid thing to say and Salmond should've known better. He had been under increased pressure to stop appearing on Yes well Mr Eck. 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He thanked the jury and his supporters, and voiced fears about the coronavirus crisis. Iain Macwhirter is a former BBC TV presenter and was political commentator for The Herald between 1999 and 2022. He is an author of Road to Referendum and Disunited Kingdom: How Westminster Won a Referendum but Lost Scotland. "These are the issues where you should be battling with Westminster, where Scotland, by majority, is right behind you. WebSeason 2. Mr Salmond told BBC Radio 4's World At One programme: "Well, what I see as an opportunity is to reset the independence movement.". WebAlex Salmond was twice leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP; 1990-2000, 2004-2014) and served as First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014. The need need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria in order to get a gender recognition certificate (GRC) would also be ignored. Would Fraser Nelson tell a black person that calling a white person cracker is as bad as calling them n*****? Alex Salmond gives his reaction to being cleared. And so is Salmond. "I think he was a nasty person to work fora nightmare to work for.". After six total hours of pacing and speculation, the inhabitants of court three were utterly silenced. WebDe 1947 King's Birthday Honours waren benoemingen door veel van de Commonwealth Realms van koning George VI in verschillende orden en onderscheidingen om goede werken van burgers van die landen te belonen en te markeren. But he also spoke about how "certain evidence" was yet to come to light. They added that while the experience of taking the case to court had been "traumatic", it had been the "right thing to do". But her policy agenda is pure Alex Salmond. The Alba Party was contacted by The Herald to ask if Salmond was selling the items himself or if it was RT, however they said that he was "abroad filming.". February 24, 2021 4:00 am CET. Only in the years that followed did these two power bases diverge and, as late as 2018, when sexual harassment allegations against him first surfaced, Mr Salmonds was still widely considered the larger one. The footage of Mr Jackson emerged as the nine women who made sexual assault allegations against Mr Salmond said they had been left "devastated" after he was cleared in court. His spouse is Moira McGlashan ( m. 1981) . No commitment. Scottish political veterans Alex Salmond and George Galloway have been dealt a major blow with a broadcasting ban on Kremlin-backed channel RT. Webben suarez bread / joseph wiley kim burrell / catherine colonna nicola sturgeon balmoral hotel Not an issue where Scottish support is A divided and B that division of opinion is against you rather than for you.'. Miss Sturgeon asked for a day or two to think it over before agreeing to the pact that shaped the next decade in politics and infused much of the decade that followed it with psychodrama, bitterness and enmity. I live on Commercial Street in Lerwick, he added. "One is that the movement has been left with no clear strategy for independence. Over the years Alex Salmond has Its leaders, Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater, have anyway said they will walk if the GRR Bill is scrapped or changed which, under Regan,it would be. Under new legislation approved by the Scottish Parliament, the age that people can apply to change their gender would be lowered to 16. netting more than 300,000 from their deal with RT. Alex Salmond is a person like that. But, like Sturgeons de facto plan, this virtual plebiscite faces the rather obvious problem that the UK government would not recognise it. "I have no doubt that there will be further discussion around this issue in due course, and I will welcome that, but that time is not now. The chief constable who authorised the abortive investigation of Salmond, one of the biggest in the history of Police Scotland involving 400 witness interviews, was one Iain Livingstone. In a statement on Twitter today, he said: "There has been no question of Nicola's talents as a first-rate political communicator and election winner and - having been there - I feel for her personally on the day of her resignation. "It is to be hoped that those voices which wish to reunite the national movement emerge to win that contest. She added: "I am a strong believer in a rigorous, robust independent judicial process where complaints of this nature, if they come forward, are properly and thoroughly investigated, due process takes its course and a court reaches a decision. The Scottish Tories appear locked in a tight battle with Scottish Labour for second place, with Douglas Rosss party on 21 per cent and 18 per cent, compared to 20 per cent and 19 per cent for Anas Sarwars party. Remove the Linlithgow Pact from Miss Sturgeons career history and where would that career have taken her by today? Yes the Spectator Blogs are the benchmark of quality journalism, that and the Sun. Isn't that more or less a standard insult to the Tories? Alex Salmond was born in 12-31-1954. Indeed, the Court of Session ordered Nicola Sturgeons government to pay him 512,000 in Her close friend, her bestie who was really important to her ,was, it transpired, not the man she thought he was. Alex Salmond gives his reaction to being cleared. That means he has life path number 8. Web169k members in the Scotland community. Their friendship, clearly, was dead. The world order is changing in his favour, Harry, Meghan and the rise and fall of the folie deux. Nicola Sturgeon, meanwhile, has said she has no intentions of working with Mr Salmond, even if his party does get seats in the Holyrood parliament, after the Alba Party leader suggested she would have to work with others in the cause of Scottish independence. Mr Skene confirmed that he had a piece of paper stating that he was the head of arms of the Clan Skene. Was he not talking about the tv debates? Prof Curtice said it was still possible that Mr Salmond might just get a seat in the northeast, where he heads up his partys regional list. It is worth noting that Alba has already achieved, in three days, approaching half the level of support of the Liberal Democrats, a party which has existed for over a century.. Shortly after the 2010 general election, which saw the birth of a Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition, he told the Conservative leader: Do not let the people suffer for attitudes forged on the playing fields of Eton.. Mr Skene said: I did go to Eton 50 years ago and to be honest I have forgotten all about that. He then securedthe 2014 referendum, after which he stood down for Nicola Sturgeon. There was no love lost between Mr Salmond and Miss Cunningham back in 2004. His education: Edinburgh College of Commerce ,University of St Andrews. By Brian Wheeler. The party has not always been the religiously diverse and progressive movement that Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon made it. Regan made her name by resigning as community safety minister over the Bill, which she said lacked adequate protections for women and girls. He became Scotland's fourth First Minister in May 2007 Removing herself from it would prove a searing experience. Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon walk side by side at Prestonfield House in Edinburgh after the SNP's 2011 election victory. A Scottish Conservative spokesman added: It didnt seem that Alex Salmond could sink much lower but selling souvenirs from his time on pro-Kremlin TV might just do it. There will now be myriad questions directed at the Scottish government, the SNP, and Nicola Sturgeon. Dirtiest places in your work kitchen revealed by grim swabbing test, US women's football team Orlando Pride is scrapping white shorts to make their players 'more comfortable' during their menstrual cycle, with the switch to black shorts hailed as a 'big step', Plastic surgeon reveals the one exercise that makes you AGE FASTER - saying he tells his patients to stop the popular workout if they want to avoid a 'gaunt, old face', 'Lots of broken glass and screaming': Seven people are hospitalized as flight from Austin to Frankfurt makes emergency landing after LIGHTNING struck plane - making it plummet while no-seatbelt sign was on, Is air travel going to get even MORE expensive? The same work will be carried out in Eton Road, Westfield Road, and It is designed to encourage coalitions and the politics of consensus not the overall majority the SNP won. The Alba Party, led by Mr Salmond, was founded in February 2021 and two Nationalist MPs immediately defected to it. He may no longer formally be a member of the SNP but I think most SNP members will still see him as the chief member of the SNP., Mr Salmond and Miss Sturgeon in 2013 holding a copy of a paper outlining their plans for an independent Scotland. Alexs resignation does nothing to remove his power base within the party, a senior SNP figure told the Mail at the time. The previously accepted referendum route has been closed and the de facto referendum/election proposal is now, at best, up in the air. In Numerology, People with the Life Path Number 8 are usually associated with being natural and prolific leaders. Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. And yet, if she is soon to make good on her promise to produce a memoir, she will be forced to confront the reality that he was the towering figure of her political life, her mentor, her benefactor even her guardian angel. Read about our approach to external linking. Alex Salmond has faced his final Russia Today humiliation as it was revealed that his set is being flogged at auction. Why was the First Minister embroiling herself so deeply in a minority issue which fell so far down voters priority lists? It was dinner for two at the Champany Inn near Linlithgow which changed her political life, put power within her grasp and set her on the path that led to Bute House. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Nicola Sturgeon: "Jury's verdict must be respected". We are no longer accepting comments on this article. He was arrested in 2019, but the following year was cleared of 13 charges including attempted rape. Mr Salmond was first minister between May 2007 and November 2014, when he stood down in the wake of the Scottish independence referendum and was replaced by Nicola Sturgeon. He was, unsurprisingly, missing from Nicola Sturgeons thank-you list as she reflected on the privileges of the First Ministerial office she is about to leave behind. Alex Salmond has been acquitted of attempted rape and a series of sexual assaults, including one with intent to rape. Former First Minister Alex Salmond has suspended his talk show on Russian state broadcasting channel RT. The Alba leader and former First Minister, 66, and Moira, 83, have been married for nearly four We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. ", He added that the proper course of action was to "self-refer this matter to the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission, and that has been done. To children ardent for some desperate glory. Conservative Donald Cameron, 38, is the son of the current chief of the Clan Cameron of Lochiel. Last summer, Rishi Sunak told this magazine about what happened inside government during lockdown. Nope. Did she anticipate speaking to him again? He was filmed telling an audience at a Burns Night dinner: "Thirty years of gradually building, building, building until we get independence over 50% and then thrown away with some self-indulgent nonsense which even if it was right - which it is nae - would hardly be tactically the most astute manoeuvre when we're meant to be taking Scotland to its next date with destiny.". 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