Mr Salmond was humiliated at the polls while Miss Sturgeons party swept to victory at a canter. 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. Remove the Linlithgow Pact from Miss Sturgeons career history and where would that career have taken her by today? 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.. Finally, she may have been forgiven for thinking, she was rid of him. He resigned last week provoking a flurry of conspiracy theories. 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No commitment. Three and a half years into the top job, Miss Sturgeon remained, in many eyes, in Mr Salmonds shadow. Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland and ex-leader of the SNP, could be inappropriate and a bugger to work for, his own defence lawyer told the They only voted for he as he supplied them with entertainment with his childish antics, if you vote for a clown then all you will get is a circus. "Well it has no residual value so I cannot Putin value on it. It doesn't have to be clever, because they are posh and they are pricks. And so is Salmond. 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. But he said most people who he went to school with were not like that. Unfortunately [he then names two of the women accusers} say it's sexual. Alex Salmond has been urged to quit his RT chat show. It comes after Mr Salmond's pro-independence Alba Party criticised the UK and US for their determined hyping of the prospect of war in Ukraine. Mr Skene confirmed that he had a piece of paper stating that he was the head of arms of the Clan Skene. Speaking outside court after his acquittal, Mr Salmond said: "As many of you will know, there is certain evidence I would have liked to have seen led in this trial but for a variety of reasons we were not able to do so. It will be for the commission to consider this matter.". 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. Aberdeen Journals Ltd 2023. Not for you. That paved the way for the 2014 independence referendum and a surge in support for the Nationalist cause which, weeks before the vote, saw a slim majority in favour of Yes. netting more than 300,000 from their deal with RT. To children ardent for some desperate glory. 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. Alexs resignation does nothing to remove his power base within the party, a senior SNP figure told the Mail at the time. All Rights Reserved. While Mr Murrell denied the claims, Mr Salmond clearly gave them credence, which raised questions about Miss Sturgeons own role in the by now highly toxic affair which threatened to rip the party asunder. 'Bonkers' Ash Regan in car crash interview where she claims SNP will set up new currency within months of Scexit. Will North Sea windfall tax hit Ithacas Cambo decision timing? 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. Roddy Dunlop QC, who is vice-dean of the Faculty of Advocates, said: "The faculty takes this matter extremely seriously. ", But Alba Party general secretary Christopher McEleny wrote: "Only if you think that this non news is the news the public need to know at the expense of real stories such as why are hard pressed Scots facing soaring fuel bills when we are self-sufficient in oil & gas + we generate enough electricity from renewables to power every home.". Alex Salmond has faced his final Russia Today humiliation as it was revealed that his set is being flogged at auction. 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. The public display of the enormity of the schism came in August 2018 when, ensconced once more in the Champany Inn, Mr Salmond told journalists he was resigning from the party he had led to power. Never miss the latest top headlines from the Scottish Daily Express. I'm not sure milliband and co. have ever said posh boys are cowards. Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexually assaulting nine women while he was Scotland's first It is not be entirely clear what the difference is here. So far it hasnt she is still a relative unknown. He collaborated with Prime Minister David Cameron on The Edinburgh Agreement in 2012. 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More irritatingly still, perhaps, he was often right it was he who this month characterised his successors gender recognition dispute with the Westminster Government as a hill to die on for his former party. Mr Salmond's female accusers had earlier released a statement through Rape Crisis Scotland in which they said they would not let the former SNP leader being acquitted define them. 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. Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon walk side by side at Prestonfield House in Edinburgh after the SNP's 2011 election victory. Not only that, he was crowdfunding for a legal battle against his successors government. It absolutely stinks". But these will be debated in the political arena, not the legal one. Nicola Sturgeon: "Jury's verdict must be respected". They took the SNP to power by He has accused posh boy David Cameron of running away from a debate with First Minister and leader of the SNP Nicola Sturgeon. Had she spoken to him, she was asked last August, since he was cleared in the High Court in 2020 of sexual assault? I live on Commercial Street in Lerwick, he added. She seems relaxed about losing the Scottish Green party, the SNPs coalition partner. During his evidence to the court, he said the claims made about his alleged conduct were "deliberate fabrications for a political purpose" or "exaggerations". Read about our approach to external linking. ", Get UK politics insight with our free daily email briefing straight to your inbox. 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