Kenny MacAskill

Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has pleaded guilty to an embezzlement charge.

Who is Peter Murrell? The ex-SNP chief found guilty of embezzlement

Former first minister Alex Salmond

Calls for police probe into 'SNP plot' to bring down Alex Salmond

Alex Salmond launched the pro-independence Alba Party in 2021

Exclusive Alba threatens to call in police amid dispute with local branches

The late Alex Salmond with Alba Party supporters in Falkirk.

Breaking Alba Party to be de-registered as it is no longer financially viable

It looks as if the Alba Party may not be able to contest the 2026 Holyrood election.

'12 hours' left to save the Alba Party, claims splinter group

The late Alex Salmond with Alba Party supporters

Alba splinter group to launch legal action in bid to save the party

Salmond 'had some awareness' of alleged Alba fraud as scale revealed

Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh and Alex Salmond.

Alex Salmond ally stands down as chair of Alba Party

Alba leader Kenny MacAskill

Exclusive Alex Salmond's Alba Party left with one councillor as member quits

Exclusive Police probing ‘irregularities’ in Alba Party’s finances

Kenny MacAskill

Rise of Farage's Reform UK will boost the Alba Party, says its leader

Former first ministers Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon.

Salmond would have defended himself against memoir 'with every fibre'

Alex Salmond

Cherry says she will publish new information on Salmond 'conspiracy'

First Minister John Swinney and Deputy Kate Forbes (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers Letters: Scotland needs a strong and forceful leader - not Swinney

Chris McEleny with Alex Salmond in 2023

Alex Salmond ally to launch legal action against Alba Party

Alex Salmond. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Alba confirms the party's final leadership candidates

Alex Salmond and Chris McEleny

Salmond wanted to build a new town called 'Independence' - Alba ally

Chris McEleny.

Alba: Chris McEleny to stand for deputy leader despite suspension

Ash Regan MSP and Kenny MacAskill

Ash Regan and Kenny MacAskill secure backing to stand for Alba leader

Chris McEleny

Exclusive Chris McEleny suspended as Alba general secretary for gross misconduct

Ash Regan and Kenny MacAskill

Alba leadership contest in chaos amid 'bullying' and 'fascist' claims

Kenny MacAskill and Alex Salmond.

Why MacAskill has entered the race to succeed Salmond as Alba leader

Members of the public and pro-independence supporters gathered to pay their respects outside the public memorial service for former first minister Alex Salmond on Saturday (Picture: Jane Barlow - Pool/Getty Images)

'Clueless and disinterested': Why former SNP MP has joined Alba party

Political titan gets quietest of farewells in his most trusted circle

Piper Fergus Mutch, who previously worked for Alex Salmond, leads the cortege as it leaves the funeral service for the former first minister at Strichen Parish Church in Aberdeenshire

Fergus Ewing vows to 'seek justice' for friend Alex Salmond at funeral

Pall bearers with the coffin, draped in a Saltire flag, arriving for the funeral service for former first minister Alex Salmond. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Why John Swinney won't attend Alex Salmond's funeral

Former first minister Alex Salmond

Kenny MacAskill: I hope Alex Salmond's legal battle will continue

Ash Regan

What next for the Alba party following Alex Salmond’s death?

Why election just gave Scotland another vital reason to back independence Kenny MacAskill

Alba party leader Alex Salmond (Photo by Robert Perry/PA Wire)

Alex Salmond admits he voted SNP at the general election

The Scot voted the greatest-ever Canadian but forgotten in his homeland Kenny MacAskill

How 'rank amateur' Rishi Sunak's downfall has been largely self-inflicted Kenny MacAskill

Democracy will be the real loser on tumbleweed polling day Kenny MacAskill

US pre-clearance customs at Edinburgh Airport can happen - here is how Kenny MacAskill

Why I'm making common cause with diehard unionists over net zero Kenny MacAskill

Scotland cannot become a giant renewable electricity transmission station Kenny MacAskill

How Nicola Sturgeon's real lasting legacy is destroying the SNP Kenny MacAskill

Why Scotland's renewable energy expansion needs some Victorian know-how Kenny MacAskill

Grangemouth no more? Refinery closure would be another historic betrayal Kenny MacAskill

‘Nice guy’ Yousaf is devoid of vision and focussing on wrong issues Kenny MacAskill

Scotland's wind energy bonanza amid fuel poverty makes case for independence Kenny MacAskill

Joe Biden can stop the war in Gaza by cutting US aid to Israel
Horrific accounts of the suffering of innocent Palestinians should prompt the US to get tough with Benjamin Netanyahu’s government
Kenny MacAskill

A lack of funding has Police Scotland concentrating resources on 'more serious' crimes (Picture: Mike Boyd - Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Public abandoned as Police Scotland ignore crimes

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Why such political silence on Grangemouth when its loss would be lunacy? Kenny MacAskill

Brexiteers should stop living lie that it is working Kenny MacAskill

As Gaza conflict escalates, hawks seem to relish war with Iran and Russia Kenny MacAskill

Grangemouth oil refinery must be saved to avoid disaster for Scotland's economy Kenny MacAskill

Budget let super-rich off while taxing middle class 'until the pips squeak' Kenny MacAskill

The UK must not support Israel in its war against Hamas Kenny MacAskill

SNP politicians are job hunting as party prepares to go down without a fight Kenny MacAskill

Fuel poverty in energy-rich Scotland is simply absurd Kenny MacAskill

In person, Suella Braverman is no 'Cruella de Vil'. She's much more dangerous Kenny MacAskill

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It’s a ceasefire not a pause that’s essential in Gaza Kenny MacAskill

Causes are eternal. Change is coming and Alba is on the rise. Kenny MacAskill

After Ukraine's offensive stalls, it's time to make peace Kenny MacAskill

Humza Yousaf's strategy is putting SNP on course for a 1979-style rout Kenny MacAskill

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