Comment: Salmond, Scotland and the EU – time for the first minister to finally come clean
Following the letter from the EC confirming Scotland would have to apply to rejoin the EU, James Hallwood looks back on another woeful week for Alex Salmond.
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Another blow for Salmond – Scottish businesses say No to Independence
Yesterday it was the EC saying “non” to an independent Scotland automatically joining the EU. Today, Scottish business says “no” to the idea of independence.
It’s official: Independent Scotland would have to reapply for EU membership
When Alex Salmond and the SNP look back on 2012, one of the thorniest issues they will be contemplating will be the issue of Europe, writes Ed Jacobs.
“Grossly distorting the facts” – Salmond, Trump and yet more misleading statements
Alex Salmond has come under fresh criticism for his handling of the arrest of ‘Trump golf course’ film maker Anthony Baxter, having made some untrue statements.
IFS: An independent Scotland would face a long term fiscal headache
A report by the Institute of Fiscal Studies in Edinburgh highlights the financial issues an independent Scotland would have to contend with.
“Financially illiterate”? Scottish Labour must do better
Ed Jacobs reports on the latest SNP/Labour row in Scotland – this time on corporation tax.
Boundary change? DUP: “Brutal”; SNP: “Dead”; Plaid: “Disagree” – now they may back Cameron
The SNP, DUP and Plaid Cymru could all be ‘bought off’ by an increasingly desperate David Cameron in his attempt to force through boundary changes.
NHS on ‘amber alert’ in Scotland – is the same true for trust in Salmond?
With yet another question about the honesty of the SNP, just how accountable, really, is Alex Salmond?
Brown: SNP’s “incoherent and ill thought out plans” play “Blankety Blank” with future
Gordon Brown this weekend re-entered the debate over Scottish independence by accusing the nationalists of playing “Blankety Blank” with the nation’s future.
Salmond goes AWOL as Labour attack “arrogance and contempt” of SNP leader
Alex Salmond was accused of “running scared” after he failed to show up for a debate on the SNP’s lack of legal advice on EU membership at Holyrood today.