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COMMENT

Is an Independence Convention really what the SNP needs, asks Ruth Wishart

Yes supporters desperately need to see conviction - not a convention

The upcoming SNP convention will decide the party’s approach to gaining independence but after that the wider Yes movement must find a way to come together

EXCLUSIVE MP calls for Unionist parties to be invited to independence convention

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Alex Salmond has said he has a plan for SNP MPs to keep their seats

Alex Salmond: I have a plan to save SNP MPs' jobs

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The Ministry of Defence revealed there have been 58 radiation leaks at Trident facilities in Scotland this year so far.

Worst of Westminster Trident radiation leaks and Deposit Return Scheme 'pilot' plans

Neale Hanvey said the MoD must come clean on the true extent of radiation leaks at Trident bases

EXCLUSIVE More than 50 radiation leaks revealed at Trident bases this year

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Former justice secretary and Alba MP Kenny MacAskill has called for an inquiry into the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

Crown Office dismisses allegations of search warrant delay in SNP inquiry

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Neale Hanvey speaking during a Alba Special National Assembly

COMMENT Neale Hanvey: Why the Alba conference's focus on independence was so welcome

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Alba MP Neale Hanvey says his questions over an alleged radiation leak at Coulport remain unanswered six months on

MoD official line on 'radiation leak' raises 'more questions than answers', says MP

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The Stone of Destiny is now under guard in Westminster Abbey

Alba demand Stone of Destiny is returned to Scotland 'immediately'

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Neale Hanvey said Alba were

Alba Party calls for 'immediate establishment' of independence convention

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The Alba Party have reported that membership has increased by 1000 in the past year

Alba Party claims higher membership figures than Scottish Tories and LibDems

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Alba leader Alex Salmond speaking at a party meeting in January

Alex Salmond lists 'every broken Unionist pledge' from 2014 at Alba conference

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Alba MP Kenny MacAskill is demanding answers from Ben Wallace over Scotland's role in the Ukraine 'forever war'

EXCLUSIVE Are Scottish missiles fuelling 'forever war' in Ukraine, asks MacAskill

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Alex Salmond's Alba Party will hold its spring conference in Inverness tomorrow

Alba conference to debate independence strategy, cancel culture and election plan

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SNP MSP Ash Regan has brought Kirk Torrance into her parliamentary team after he played a prominent role in her campaign to be party leader

Row as Ash Regan recruits ex-Alba member as 'senior policy adviser'

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Scottish Tory peer Ruth Davidson and former first minister Alex Salmond

Alex Salmond at Yes rallies 'comforts me as a Unionist', Ruth Davidson says

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Humza Yousaf and his wife Nadia El-Nakla leave Westminster Abbey following the coronation of King Charles

EXCLUSIVE FM accused of 'wasting parliamentary time' with coronation motion

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Former first minister Alex Salmond called for unity within the Yes movement

Alex Salmond: Pro-independence parties must stand under one banner at election

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Support for Scottish independence has risen to 48 percent

Support for Scottish independence rising, new poll shows

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There is polarisation in the Yes movement but we need to coalesce once again

COMMENT Neale Hanvey: Yes supporters should only need to agree on one issue that unites us

Alex Salmond has criticised Humza Yousaf for attending the coronation - and confirmed he won't be going

Salmond confirms he WON'T attend coronation – and will go to indy march instead

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The Stone of Destiny, pictured at Edinburgh Castle before it was sent south to London

'Toom tabard' Tories panned after 'guarding Stone of Scone from nationalists' jibe

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Billboards are in position outside Hampden Park

Alba launch pro-republic billboard campaign ahead of coronation

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Douglas Ross (left) and Rishi Sunak are both due to speak at the Scottish Tory conference in Glasgow

'Nonsense': Douglas Ross claims SNP woes 'have crashed case for independence'

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Neale Hanvey appeared on Nigel Farage's GB News show

COMMENT Neale Hanvey: Why Michael Russell is wrong to criticise me speaking to Nigel Farage

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ScotRail drivers could be criminalised if they fail to enforce the Tory 'asylum ban'

EXCLUSIVE ScotRail drivers could be made Tory 'asylum ban' enforcers

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Jackie Baillie seems to want a one-way mirror

COMMENT The Unionist double standards are on full display – in more than one way

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No Unionist parties gave details on their membership numbers when asked by The National

EXCLUSIVE Unionist parties REFUSE to publish membership figures as SNP claim rise

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How many right-wing watchers of GB News are Alba really convincing, asks Michael Russell

COMMENT Neale Hanvey's chat with Nigel Farage isn't how we unify the Yes movement

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Nigel Farage (right) broadcast his GB News show live from Aberdeen

Nigel Farage claims independence movement is 'anti-English' during Aberdeen broadcast

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GB News host Nigel Farage (left) will be joined in Aberdeen by Neil Oliver

Nigel Farage and Neil Oliver to broadcast live GB News show from Scotland

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More than 3,000 radioactive particles have been found at Dalgety Bay.

Exclusive MP calls for MoD to ‘finally’ tackle nuclear decontamination on Fife shoreline

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Suella Braverman has been branded 'racist' by her own colleagues

'Racist' Suella Braverman and the MoD's nuclear secrets

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Neil Mackay of All Under One Banner said criticising the speakers list is 'off point'

EXCLUSIVE All Under One Banner defends speakers list amid online backlash

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Chris McEleny said gender reform is 'opposed by a majority of Scots'

Alba Party launch petition to 'axe' gender reform bill

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Joanna Cherry has questioned the Scottish Government's decision to take Westminster to court over gender reform

Joanna Cherry 'cannot understand' reason for legal action on gender reform

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Alba have welcomed a poll that shows a majority of Yes voters back calls for an independence convention

Majority of Yes voters back independence convention, poll finds

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Co-operation would go a long way in helping to achieve independence

COMMENT George Kerevan: Closer co-operation is key to achieving independence

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King Charles's Coronation is set to cost Unionist councils millions in staff costs and overtime payments

EXCLUSIVE Cost of Unionist councils giving workers day off for coronation revealed

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Alex Salmond is said to be considering returning to Holyrood as Alba were put on course to pick up Scottish Parliament seats in a new poll

EXCLUSIVE Alex Salmond eyes Holyrood return as Alba forecast for Scottish Parliament seats

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The Alba Party have reported a surge in new members following Humza Yousaf's win

EXCLUSIVE Alba Party say 'hundreds of new members' have joined since Humza Yousaf's victory

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Alex Salmond says ‘continuity won’t cut it’ after Humza Yousaf win

Alex Salmond says ‘continuity won’t cut it’ after Humza Yousaf win

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Alex Salmond speaking at the Scotonomics Festival of Economics in Dundee

EXCLUSIVE Alex Salmond explains his Scottish currency U-turn since 2014 referendum

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Alba leader Alex Salmond (left) and SNP leadership candidate Humza Yousaf

Humza Yousaf contradicts Alex Salmond's 'spoken to all candidates' claim

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People who use pre-payment meters for gas face higher standing charges than those who pay by direct debit

Huge majority of Scots want 'unfair' higher charges for pre-payment meters abolished

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Alex Salmond's Alba Party have challenged the SNP leadership hopefuls to support their bids to secure indyref2

SNP leadership hopefuls challenged to support Alba's indyref2 bids

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Wings Over Scotland's Stuart Campbell (left) and Alba Party leader Alex Salmond

Updated Pollster rapped for leading questions in survey run for Wings Over Scotland blog

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The Cambridge union debating chamber

EXCLUSIVE Scottish independence emerges victorious at Cambridge union debate

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Northern Ireland's new Brexit deal should be good news for the debate on Scottish independence

COMMENT Northern Ireland Protocol deal shows Scotland can have the ‘best of both worlds’

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The Alba Party finished above the Greens in last week's council by-election

Letters Does Aberdeen by-election result suggest Alba may overtake the Greens?

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Regan said the international community would accept Scottish independence and cited the USA and Ireland as examples

International community will 'respect Scottish self-determination', insists Ash Regan

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Ash Regan said she is 'not afraid' of running a minority SNP Government if the Scottish Greens pull out of the Bute House agreement

EXCLUSIVE Ash Regan would 'lead minority SNP government' if Greens left Bute House deal

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Ash Regan is one of the three contenders to take over from Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader

Ash Regan brings former Alba Holyrood candidate onto SNP leadership campaign

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Yes activists gather in George Square as campaigning peaked ahead of the 2014 referendum

COMMENT Ignore the Unionist media's agenda in this SNP leadership contest

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