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My electrifying 'Führer Kontakt' with Alex Salmond

The SNP leader's magnetism could almost convert me to his cause

20 September 2014

9:00 AM

20 September 2014

9:00 AM

It was just after the Tory party conference last year that I met Alex Salmond. Not alone, obviously, but as one of a group of about 15 people. The group contained quite a few dignitaries, some of them Scottish, so he gave us the full court press. Lunch at his official residence, preceded by a 45-minute reception.

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