Alex Salmond
Portrait of the Week: Brexit rumbles on, a panda escapes and Denmark builds a fence
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, set off to seek a change to the Irish backstop of the EU withdrawal…
The story of Alex Salmond is (far) stranger than fiction
For legal reasons I shouldn’t say much about the Alex Salmond case, but it does bolster the argument that the…
Alex Salmond’s fishing
The ex-leader of the SNP, Alex ‘Five Pensions’ Salmond, has scrounged nearly £100,000 from the people to help him in…
In fear we trust: how the Tories became addicted to negativity
Strange as it may seem, there are still people around David Cameron who regard the Scottish referendum campaign as a…
Nicola Sturgeon protests too much about Alistair Carmichael
I couldn’t believe it when Nicola Sturgeon called for the resignation of Alistair Carmichael, the former Scottish Secretary, over his…
The SNP has replaced the Church of Scotland
The Church of England’s catechism begins ‘What is your name?’ The old Presbyterian catechism favoured in Scotland asked a better,…
The fall of the Roman republic and the rise of Alex Salmond
Alex Salmond, the ex-first minister who proved incapable of making Scotland independent, has assured the world that he and his…
Alex Salmond sets out his terms for Ed Miliband
‘Would you like a glass of pink champagne?’ asks Alex Salmond at 3.30 p.m., sounding very much like a man…
Why an SNP surge at Westminster could mean the end of Britain
Anyone seeking to understand the strength of the SNP should look to those parts of Scotland where the party is…
Interview: Alex Salmond’s game plan for the Commons
Alex Salmond is losing his voice but that’s not going to stop him from talking — I doubt that anything…
Portrait of the week: Cameron visits UN HQ, Scotland checks its bruises, and a Swede sells his submarine
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, visited New York for talks at the United Nations; he said Britain supported the…
The ancient roots of Alex’s Salmond’s demagoguery
Alex Salmond spent two years campaigning for independence for Scotland on the grounds of ‘social justice’. Now, claiming that the…
My electrifying 'Führer Kontakt' with Alex Salmond
It was just after the Tory party conference last year that I met Alex Salmond. Not alone, obviously, but as…
One week to save Britain
Next week, the most important vote in recent British history will be held. Indeed, it may well turn out to…
Tom Holland's diary: Alex Salmond is the Scottish referendum's answer to Shane Warne
I feel a bit about the Scottish referendum as I did about the 2005 Ashes series. In both cases, those of…
How independence will impoverish Scottish culture
An explosion of confetti will greet the announcement of Scottish independence. This isn’t another one of Alex Salmond’s fanciful promises,…
Would Alex Salmond give up his job to a heckler? It happened in Athens
Alex Salmond claims to be thrilled that so many people in Scotland are suddenly gripped by politics. The importance of…
The surprise winners from the referendum? Scotland. Politics. Big ideas are back at last
Let us take a trip to America in 1976. The unelected incumbent president, Gerald Ford, is being challenged for the…
Portrait of the week
Home Theresa May, the Home Secretary, said that Britons who went to Syria or Iraq to fight could be stripped…
Alex Salmond has already lost — if the Edinburgh Festival is anything to go by
Scotland’s on a knife-edge. Like all referendum-watchers at the Edinburgh Festival I grabbed a ticket for The Pitiless Storm, a…
Demosthenes’ lessons in ambition for Boris Johnson
The ancient Greek word for ‘ambition’ was philotimia: ‘love of high esteem in others’ eyes’. Both Boris and Alex Salmond…
Secret oil fields! Skewed polls! The Yes campaign is losing the plot
Edinburgh When the histories of the Scottish independence debate are written, 13 February 2014 will be seen as a crucial…
The democratic deficit at the heart of the Human Rights Act
Dominic Grieve was a worthy attorney-general whose career was helped by this magazine: nine years ago, he was named Spectator…
If Alex Salmond is cutting bureaucracy, why does he have so many quangos?
Escape committees An LSE/Institute for Government report estimated the cost of Scottish independence at £2.7 billion, a sum arrived at…
Peter McKay’s diary: Is Kate and William’s Scottish trip a pro-union initiative?
Having dampened local republican ardour during their recent tour of New Zealand and Australia, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge…
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