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Alex Salmond Trial

SNP chief executive Peter Murrell is married to Nicola Sturgeon.

Who is Peter Murrell?

SNP candidate Ash Regan. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Ash Regan refuses to say if she believes Alex Salmond was 'stitched up'

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SNP sent advance copy of first independence white paper to the Queen

Alex Salmond with Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Nicola Sturgeon says she does not think she will speak to Alex Salmond again

Alex Salmond. Picture: Getty Images

BBC breached impartiality rules in Alex Salmond inquiry radio report

Former permanent secretary Leslie Evans

John Swinney denies scrutiny 'compromised' by Leslie Evans row

Gordon Jackson QC. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Alex Salmond's QC guilty of professional misconduct over train footage

Former first minister Alex Salmond

Alex Salmond claims plans for indyref next year is 'stretching credibility'

Former first minister Alex Salmond

Alex Salmond rules out return to Kremlin-backed TV channel RT

Salmond accuser tells of death threats and being 'scared to leave the house'

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at the Alex Salmond Inquiry in March this year. Picture: PA

Minister take 'very rare' step during Alex Salmond Inquiry transparency probes

Michael Gove

Michael Gove says he hopes Alex Salmond 'repents' over RT chat show

RT is a propaganda tool used by Vladimir Putin (Picture: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP via Getty Images)

Why RT, Putin’s propaganda tool, should not be banned – Scotsman comment

Alex Salmond has been urged to quit his RT chat show.

Alex Salmond urged to stop being ‘Putin’s useful idiot’ and quit RT chat show

The Scottish Government overhauled its complaints procedures following the Alex Salmond case. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Concerns raised over Scottish Government complaints being passed to police

The Scottish Government could reopen the harassment complaints procedure against Alex Salmond.

Salmond harassment complaints could be reopened by ministers with new procedure

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Alex Salmond takes dig at SNP amid row over devo-max referendum option

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Alex Salmond demands immediate help for private hire and taxi drivers

Police Scotland are investigating leaks from Scottish Government’s Salmond inquiry.

Police investigating leaks from Salmond inquiry

Former SNP MP Kenny MacAskill has been elected deputy leader of the Alba Party.

Alba Party elects Salmond and MacAskill as leaders

Former first minister Alex Salmond. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Alex Salmond considers legal action over 'leaked extracts' from new book

Nicola Sturgeon was concerned she would have to quit as First Minister over the Salmond scandal.

Sturgeon 'told Swinney to be ready to take over' during Salmond scandal

The report into the alleged conduct of Alex Salmond is the subject of an ongoing transparency battle.

Scottish Government risking contempt of court over Salmond harassment report

Permanent secretary Lesley Evans was criticised during the Alex Salmond inquiry

Recruitment starts to replace Scotland's most senior civil servant

Nicola Sturgeon has said complainants will be at the heart of any new harassment policy process.

Nicola Sturgeon pledges to 'put complainants at heart' of harassment procedures

Alex Salmond posted the video today

Alex Salmond questions enthusiasm within Holyrood for indyref2

Craig Murray. Picture: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images

Craig Murray seeking Supreme Court appeal over Salmond case jail sentence

Alex Salmond has said the Royal family should stay out of the independence debate.

Alex Salmond says royal involvement in indyref2 would be 'fatal error'

Former First Minister Alex Salmond launches international chapter of Alba Party at joint rally for Germans for Yes and Netherlands for Scottish Independence. (Credit: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

Alex Salmond launches international chapter of Alba Party

Nicola Sturgeon faced the biggest threat to her political career from Alex Salmond during the harassment complaints committee.

Scottish Government unlawfully claimed Salmond harassment report 'did not exist'

Scottish Parliament handout photo of Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government Leslie Evans giving evidence at Holyrood to a Scottish Parliament committee examining the handling of harassment complaints involving current and former Ministers.

'Seriously flawed' government document processes review to be published in June

Alex Salmond on the campaign trail for Alba this month. Where now for the former First Minister following the party's dismal show at the ballot boxes? Picture: PA.

What next for Alex Salmond after failure of Alba at the ballot box?

Alba party leader Alex Salmond in Ellon as votes continue to be counted for the Scottish Parliamentary Elections at the P&J Live/TECA, Aberdeen. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Salmond says Sturgeon 'too cautious' on indy and predicts more SNP defections

Live updates on Scotland's election count.

Scottish Election 2021 RECAP: Updates as SNP eyes Holyrood majority

Live updates as Scots head to the polls in the 2021 Holyrood elections.

Scottish Election 2021 LIVE: Recap of the day Scotland went to the polls

Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond's relationship is more fractured than ever.

Alex Salmond takes swipe at BBC over Alba Party snub

Alba Party Leader Alex Salmond. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Alex Salmond says 'puff of wind' would blow Boris Johnson over

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is set for another term of minority government at this election.

Worst polling for Yes since 2019 as SNP support continues to drop, poll shows

Alba leader Alex Salmond would be subject to the ministerial code under the Lib Dems proposals

Ministerial code should apply to leaders of political parties, Lib Dem MP says

ALBA Party leader Alex Salmond at the Peoples Palace, Glasgow, to mark the start of the Glasgow campaign for the Scottish Parliamentary election.

Analysis: Is Alex Salmond's indyref plan really different to Nicola Sturgeon's?

Alex Salmond joins the party's Glasgow candidates Shahid Farooq (left), Ailsa Gray (second left) and Michelle Ferns (right) at the Peoples Palace, Glasgow, to mark the start of its Glasgow campaign.

Alex Salmond promises to 'shake things up' at Holyrood

Margaret Lynch.

Alba Party report ‘threatening’ tweet to police

Alex Salmond, sets out his "Route to Independence" at the launch of Alba's national campaign at the Buchan Hotel in Ellon, Aberdeenshire.

Alex Salmond: Aim is to secure independence, not a referendum

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was at the Barrowlands in Glasgow to see the Shuggie Bain Mural painted by Artists Erin Bradley-Scott, Chelsea Frew and Kat Louden from the Cobalt Collective.

Sturgeon: Covid may have boosted independence support

Douglas Ross, pictured recently making a speech, commented after Anas Sarwar said he thought Alex Salmond was looking for 'revenge, not recovery'. Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images.

Douglas Ross: 'Salmond distracting from key issues'

'The cause of Scottish independence is beyond party,' Mr Salmond says. Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images.

Alex Salmond says Yes campaign is 'reborn'

Kenny MacAskill claimed his party would develop policies to target the SNP "issues" of education and women's rights.

Alba campaign to target SNP ‘issues’ of education and women's rights

Nicola Sturgeon on the election campaign trail.

Sturgeon warns off Alex Salmond as she says she'll serve another five years

Former first minister Alex Salmond. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Alba membership soars past 4,000, party says

Nicola Sturgeon visits a Burnside chemist during campaigning for the Scottish Parliamentary election in Rutherglen, Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Race for Holyrood: Mystery surrounds Alba’s HQ as Count Dankula enters the fray

Alex Salmond is 'unfit for office', says Douglas Ross.

Alex Salmond is 'unfit for public office', says Douglas Ross

First Minister and leader of the SNP Nicola Sturgeon puts on a mask following a visit to Burnside chemist during campaigning in Rutherglen. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Sturgeon: 'Salmond is a gambler and I only want a simple majority'

Alex Salmond launches the Alba party last Friday

Salmond policy document is clue to Alba manifesto

Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond in Strichen, Scotland. Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images

Alex Salmond looking for 'revenge, not recovery', says Anas Sarwar

Permanent Secretary Leslie Evans gives evidence to a Scottish Parliament committee, at Holyrood in Edinburgh, examining the handling of harassment allegations against former first minister Alex Salmond.

Neil: Sturgeon should sack Leslie Evans for judicial review 'bourach'

Alex Salmond at the launch of the Alba Party.

New independence party stands down candidates after launch of Alba

Alex Salmond with his defence lawyer Gordon Jackson QC. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Ego, not independence, is at heart of Alex Salmond's return - Euan McColm

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon campaigns in the First Minister's Glasgow Southside constituency in Glasgow. Picture: PA

Nicola Sturgeon opens up on party divisions, Alex Salmond and succession plans

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, leader of the Scottish National Party, outside the Covid 19 vaccination centre at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow while on the campaign trail for the Scottish Parliamentary election. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Nicola Sturgeon: Alex Salmond's 'ego' stopping him from doing the right thing

Former first minister Alex Salmond. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Alba Party: What does Alex Salmond's new party mean for the SNP?

Chris McEleny has joined the Alba Party. Picture: John Devlin

Alba Party: Former SNP councillor quits to join Alex Salmond

Conservative leader Douglas Ross told reporters: “I think people will look at what has happened in the last few years, what [Alex Salmond] was accused of and, indeed, what he himself accepted doing, and I think they would agree with me that he's a completely inappropriate person to seek elected office."

Douglas Ross brands Salmond ‘unfit to stand’ for office in Holyrood elections

Scotland's first minister Alex Salmond poses for photographs in Turriff, Scotland. Picture: AP Photo/Scott Heppell

Who is the Alba Party? These are the details behind Alex Salmond's new party

Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond is to make a public statement.

Alex Salmond statement RECAP

Former first minister Alex Salmond labelled the intervention from the Crown Office 'highly irregular'

Letters on 'irregular' Crown intervention in Salmond affair to stay secret

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/PA Wire

Sturgeon urges 'experienced leadership' as Tories attack lack of resignations

Former first minister Alex Salmond has said he will initiate legal action against Leslie Evans, the permanent secretary of the Scottish Government.

Salmond to take legal action due to 'conduct' of Leslie Evans

Permanent Secretary Leslie Evans is under pressure to resign.

Permanent secretary accused of 'presiding over mess' amid calls for resignations

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