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Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond was a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014. A prominent figure in the Scottish nationalist movement, he was Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) on two occasions, from 1990 to 2000 and from 2004 to 2014. He then served as leader of the Alba Party from 2021 until his death in 2024.
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Born 31 December 1954 · Died 12 October 2024 · Q10652
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s chance to rid the country permanently of unpopular Conservative governments, and ensure it was not forced to accept deep cuts in welfare spending and London-led economic strategies which were failing to cut national debt or boost recovery. He told the Scottish parliament Scotland
a date which becomes etched in our nation
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“s chance to rid the country permanently of unpopular Conservative governments, and ensure it was not forced to accept deep cuts in welfare spending and London-led economic strategies which were failing to cut national debt or boost recovery. He told the Scottish parliament Scotland”
“a date which becomes etched in our nation”
“s positive and optimistic campaign, and repulsed by Labour”
“Just as the Scottish people have restored trust in us, we must trust the people as well. Which is why, in this term of the parliament, we will bring forward a referendum and trust the people on Scotland”
“Angus Robertson will be an excellent SNP group leader at Westminster.”
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Died 2024-10-12.
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Yousaf expressed his regret and disappointment at the breakdown of his relationship with Salmond, whom he had previously admired, saying Salmond "now spends a fair bit of his time laying the boot into the SNP and trying
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Criticised Sturgeon for her government's flawed investigations into these allegations which resulted in a political scandal
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Career landmark: Leader of the Alba Party (2021–2024).
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“The Secretary of State is a wise man, and we all read his wise article in <em>The Irish Times </em>on 5 September last year, in which he said that Ireland did not have to choose between Europe and the United Kingdom but could commit itself to expanded trade and commerce with both. Ireland is a big market for England, but it is not the biggest. Given the Secretary of State’s wise words in Ireland, what patience has he with those who suggest that England would want trade barriers with its largest”
“On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Have you had any notification of a statement from the Minister at the Cabinet Office—or, indeed, the Prime Minister herself—on the Channel 4 report of last evening, which suggested that the Crown Prosecution Service has to report on 30 individuals for possible prosecution between 20 May and the early part of June? Given that many of them are Members of this House, we must consider the implications that that could have for the reporting and coverage of any such de”
“In this Brexit world, the Prime Minister is desperate to obtain trade deals with anybody or nobody, so the International Trade Secretary went to the Philippines this month, where he appeared with the President and said that he wanted a strong relationship based on “shared values”. Can the Prime Minister identify for the House what shared values she has in common with President Rodrigo Duterte?”
“The Leader of the House is known as a great big planner, so how much time is he planning to have on these 19,000 statutory instruments, pieces of legislation and other instruments on the great repeal Bill and its attendant legislation in this place over the next two years, so that Parliament can fulfil its job of parliamentary scrutiny? How much time is he planning?”
“<Question HRSContentId="{32EF134E-C2AC-42E1-A5CF-8B1B419C720E}">Q5. <QuestionText HRSContentId="{6A5574A0-58AC-474D-AD1C-EB1B136FD0F6}"></QuestionText>After nine months of this Prime Minister’s approach to Brexit, Northern Ireland is deadlocked, the Welsh are alienated, Scotland is going for a referendum, the English are split down the middle, and Brexit MPs are walking out of Commons Committees because they do not like home truths. Has the Prime Minister considered, in terms of invoking articl”
“Today is the day that the right hon. Member for Maidenhead has become the first Prime Minister in recent history to have to be reminded that Scotland is a country, not a constituency of England. She refused to reply to the question of whether there had been an economic assessment of the impact of leaving the EU with no deal. Has there been such an assessment? Will she publish it? And if there has not been an assessment, how does the Foreign Secretary know that it is “perfectly okay”?”
“I am worried that the Foreign Secretary is now excluded from Cabinet decision making. When he told Robert Peston a week past Sunday that no deal from Brexit would be totally okay, his Cabinet colleague was simultaneously telling another station that it would be really bad for Britain and Europe. What estimates or forecasts, official or any, have led him to believe, and to say to Robert Peston, that no deal from Brexit would be “perfectly okay”?”
“The Polish community constitutes the largest component of EU nationals in the UK and by far the largest percentage in Scotland. The Minister of State and, indeed, the Foreign Secretary have in previous incarnations been known for their cosmopolitan, pro-immigration attitudes. Can the Minister think of anything on the eve of Brexit that would better enhance the relationship going into negotiations than to unilaterally and immediately consolidate the position of the 3 million EU nationals in this”
“I congratulate the Select Committee, although I am surprised to hear the Chairman say that the jury is still out on the Iraq war. In terms of public opinion, the jury is in, the verdict has been delivered, and the former Prime Minister has been indicted and rightfully so, although I would have preferred more formal proceedings to those which he faced. The crucial subject matter in the report boils down to two things. First, I congratulate the Committee on the invention of the letter of direct”
“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. This is further to a point of order I raised a couple of hours ago with Mr Speaker about a prime ministerial statement on the Scottish constitution that he pointed out was hypothetical at that time. He said that if such a statement were made, he would entertain a statement from the Dispatch Box by the Prime Minister. That statement has now been made by the Prime Minister, and it has been interpreted as an attempt to bounce the Scottish Parliament’s vote”
“On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I have been informed by sources in the media that the Prime Minister is going to make a significant statement on the Scottish constitution this <span id="568" class="column-number" data-column-number="568"></span>afternoon. Have you had any notification of a prime ministerial statement? Most of us were here at Prime Minister’s questions yesterday, when she was asked many questions about the Scottish constitution and gave incredibly inadequate answers. It would be”
“We all noted that the Chancellor brought along the First Lord of the Treasury today for support, solidarity, counselling and hand-holding as he made his abject statement. Who first realised that the Government were in flagrant breach of their manifesto commitment—was it the Chancellor or the Prime Minister? If manifestos are now paramount and all parties must seek to implement them, will the Chancellor confirm, since he intends to go ahead with these changes, that they will appear in the Conserv”
“On a point of order, A wise choice, Sir. My point of order, extremely germanely, is about collective responsibility for the Budget. Traditionally, it was held that a Budget was outwith collective responsibility, but more recently, the practice has been to take the Budget to Cabinet and then bring it to the House, thus ensuring collective responsibility. The Chancellor told us a few seconds ago that this mark 2 Budget could not, by definition, have been subject to that Cabinet responsibility, bec”
“On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I, too, have an extremely germane point of order.”
“It would be much easier if we had the full powers of an independent country. Therefore I was anticipating being in that position by 2017.”
Career landmark: member of the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2015–2017).
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Career landmark: Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2015–2017).
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And lost her seat when he did, also starred in the show, which was produced by Slainte Media, a production company co-owned by Ahmed-Sheikh and Salmond
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Election won: 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
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Career landmark: Member of the 4th Scottish Parliament (2011–2016).
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Campaign: 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
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Career landmark: First Minister of Scotland (2007–2014).
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Career landmark: Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom (2007).
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Career landmark: Member of the 3rd Scottish Parliament (2007–2011).
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Campaign: 2007 Scottish Parliament election.
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Career landmark: member of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2005–2010).
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Career landmark: member of the 53rd Parliament of the United Kingdom (2001–2005).
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Facing internal criticism after a series of high-profile fall-outs with party members, and was replaced by his preferred successor John Swinney, who defeated Alex Neil for the post
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And stood down as an MSP the following year, when he was appointed leader of the SNP's Westminster group
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And was one of its highest-profile members as leader of the largest opposition party
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Where the SNP emerged as the largest opposition party
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Career landmark: Member of the 1st Scottish Parliament (1999–2001).
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Career landmark: Leader of the Opposition (Scotland) (1999–1999).
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Salmond won the Spectator Award for Political Strategist of the Year
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Career landmark: member of the 52nd Parliament of the United Kingdom (1997–2001).
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With the SNP having high hopes of making an electoral breakthrough
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Career landmark: member of the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom (1992–1997).
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Salmond decided to contest the leadership
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Successfully defeated Margaret Ewing in the SNP leadership contest
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“terrorist acts are the work of individuals not communities and the arrival of terror on our soil must not result in racist attacks on ethnic minorities whose only crime is to share the same religion and colour as the bombers. It is to be hoped that yesterday”
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Career landmark: member of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1987–1992).
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Serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Banff and Buchan from 1987 to 2010
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Stood for Parliament in Banff and Buchan and defeated the incumbent Conservative MP, Albert McQuarrie
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Was elected as the SNP's Vice Convener for Publicity
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Salmond created a "Royal Bank/BBC oil index" that is still used
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Was appointed oil economist, and from 1984 he worked as a bank economist as well as continuing to hold the position of oil economist
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Salmond married Moira McGlashan in 1981.
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Married Moira French McGlashan, then a senior civil servant with the Scottish Office
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Entered the Government Economic Service (GES) as an assistant economist in the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland, part of the now defunct Scottish Office
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And was also nominated to join St Andrews Community Council that year
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Born 1954-12-31.
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The Secretary of State is a wise man, and we all read his wise article in <em>The Irish Times </em>on 5 September last year, in which he said that Ireland did not have to choose between Europe and the United Kingdom but could commit itself to expanded trade and commerce with both. Ireland is a big market for England, but it is not the biggest. Given the Secretary of State’s wise words in Ireland, what patience has he with those who suggest that England would want trade barriers with its largest
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