“A tough pill to swallow,” admitted Scottish First Minister ... Ms Sturgeon said her preferred route to independence was still through a referendum, but admitted that there was currently ...

Alex Salmond was a “giant of a man” and Scotland’s “outstanding political figure” for many generations, mourners at his ...

This year is the tenth anniversary of the Scottish independence referendum, which whilst the motion for independence was defeated, set in train a groundswell in ...

DONALD Trump said he hopes the UK “always stays together” after Scotland “tried to break up from the rest of the Empire”. In ...

The Scottish Liberal Democrat leader has told The Herald he ‘cannot see any circumstance’ his party would support the Scottish budget ...

Donald Trump has waded into the independence debate by saying he hopes the UK “stays together”. The former President, who has ...

John Swinney has taken a swipe at Donald Trump’s opposition to Scottish independence as he endorsed Kamala Harris to become ...

A "Marmite figure", Salmond certainly "divided opinion", but he was "respected as the giant who was instrumental in delivering the 2014 Scottish independence referendum". His death leaves "a giant ...

Salmond led the Scottish National Party for a decade and a half, taking Scotland up to the brink of independence from the United Kingdom in a 2014 referendum. He transformed the SNP from a fringe ...

He was 69. Salmond, who was one of the most divisive figure in British politics at the turn of the century and who as the then leader of the Scottish National Party took Scotland to the brink of ...

Salmond, who as leader of the Scottish National Party took Scotland up to the brink of independence in a 2014 referendum, died suddenly Saturday at the lake resort of Ohrid aged 69. He had been a ...

Alex Salmond, the former First Minister of Scotland who championed Scottish independence, has died at the age of 69. Tributes from across the political spectrum poured in, including from U.K ...