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<title>ScotlandSpeaks.com | Stop the world and be heard &#45; : Holyrood</title>
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<title>Alba Party will worry the SNP and the Greens, but appeal to many independence voters</title>
<link>https://scotlandspeaks.com/alba-party-will-worry-the-snp-and-the-greens</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Alba Party launch excites a Holyrood contest boiling down to whether the SNP can get an overall majority and who’ll come second. Suddenly independence comes to the fore and galvanises those who support that cause. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2021 13:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kenny MacAskill MP</dc:creator>
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<title>Salmond Statement: Inquiry findings must be accepted</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Alex Salmond instructs his lawyers to take action into the Permanent Secretary&#039;s conduct and lodges complaint to police over who in the Scottish Government was responsible for leaking to the Daily Record.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 20:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Alex Salmond</dc:creator>
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<title>#theDavisIntervention</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In an explosive speech to the House of Commons, David Davis MP uses Parliamentary Privilege to expose damning evidence of a political conspiracy against Former First Minister Alex Salmond by, amongst others, Peter Murrell SNP CEO, Sue Ruddick SNP COO and Liz Lloyd Chief of Staff to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2021 00:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kirk J Torrance</dc:creator>
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<title>#SturgeonSpeaks at the Holyrood Inquiry</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ After an explosive week in Scottish politics, it&#039;s Nicola Sturgeon&#039;s opportunity to have her say at the Holyrood Committee. REPLAY the proceedings below and follow the discussion on Twitter using hashtag #SturgeonSpeaks. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 13:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kirk J Torrance</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nicola Sturgeon, Alex Salmond</media:keywords>
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<title>#SalmondSpeaks at the Holyrood Inquiry</title>
<link>https://scotlandspeaks.com/salmondspeaks-live-at-the-holyrood-enquiry</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Over three years, two judges and one jury have looked at the evidence and found the Scottish Government wanting, and Alex Salmond innocent. Yet he still faces continued assault from people close to the First Minister, and Government reluctance for transparency on releasing key material. On Friday Mr Salmond set the record straight on his position. REPLAY the proceedings below and follow the ongoing discussion on Twitter using hashtag #SalmondSpeaks. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 07:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kirk J Torrance</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Alex Salmond, Nicola Sturgeon, Holyrood Committee, Conspiracy</media:keywords>
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<title>Sillars: Build 50,000 houses a year until waiting lists are wiped out</title>
<link>https://scotlandspeaks.com/build-50000-houses-a-year-until-waiting-lists-are-wiped-out</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ If the Scottish government wants to re-start the economy, no other programme will make the kind of decisive contribution to recovery than housing the families who need homes but cannot at present get them.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 23:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jim Sillars</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Scotland, Jim Sillars, Housing</media:keywords>
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<title>It’s more important than ever that the Yes cause is separated from the SNP</title>
<link>https://scotlandspeaks.com/its-more-important-than-ever-that-the-yes-cause-is-separated-from-the-snp</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ It’s been assumed by some in the SNP and indeed by others outwith it, that the formation of a larger Yes movement organisation is a threat to either the party or the cause. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 19:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kenny MacAskill MP</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Independence, Kenny MacAskill, SNP, Holyrood Election</media:keywords>
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<title>Inquiry in to Nicola Sturgeon&amp;apos;s Government has descended into a farcical, Kafkaesque game of rigged Cluedo</title>
<link>https://scotlandspeaks.com/inquiry-in-to-nicola-sturgeons-government-has-descended-into-a-farcical-kafkaesque-game-of-rigged-cluedo</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The so-called Salmond Inquiry’s descending from the simply failing to the utterly farcical. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kenny MacAskill MP</dc:creator>
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<title>Grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented...</title>
<link>https://scotlandspeaks.com/grotesque-unbelievable-bizarre-and-unprecedented</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ An eye-witness exposes the lies of Susan Ruddick, SNP Chief Operating Officer, following the SNP&#039;s grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented intervention to divert attention from SNP CEO Peter Murrell&#039;s disastrous testimony before a Holyrood Committee.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 01:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kirk J Torrance</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Peter Murrell, Susan Ruddick, SNP, Alex Salmond, Nicola Sturgeon</media:keywords>
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<title>Trans rights and women&amp;apos;s rights both matter. It is a question of balance</title>
<link>https://scotlandspeaks.com/trans-rights-and-womens-rights-both-matter-it-is-a-question-of-balance</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ On waking up, my mind turns to various issues from the mundane to the deadly serious. Thoughts cross my mind, from my fitba team’s stumbling form, never mind the plight of the national game, through to global warming and our planet’s potential extinction. I have to confess though that trans rights don’t normally spring to mind. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 16:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kenny MacAskill MP</dc:creator>
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<title>Action Plan to Tackle the Covid Unemployment Crisis in Scotland</title>
<link>https://scotlandspeaks.com/action-plan-to-tackle-the-covid-unemployment-crisis-in-scotland</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Scotland urgently needs an Action Plan to tackle the looming unemployment crisis. The following list of measures, while not exhaustive, highlights some key sectors where urgent action would create many thousands of much-needed jobs. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 16:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Alex Salmond &amp; Alex Neil MSP</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Alex Salmond, Alex Neil, Economic Recovery, Scotland, Jobs, Housing, Energy</media:keywords>
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<title>Is the Council Tax past its sell by date?</title>
<link>https://scotlandspeaks.com/is-the-council-tax-past-its-sell-by-date</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Finance Secretary Kate Forbes will set out her draft budget to the Scottish Parliament tomorrow, with a focus set to be on a widespread package of Covid-19 recovery measures.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 20:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chris McEleny</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Budget, Kate Forbes, Council Tax</media:keywords>
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<title>For First Minister’s Drug Policy, Better to Ask for Forgiveness than Permission</title>
<link>https://scotlandspeaks.com/for-first-ministers-drug-policy-better-to-ask-for-forgiveness-than-permission</link>
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<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 15:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Michael Collins</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Drugs deaths, Scotland, Government policy, Nicola Sturgeon</media:keywords>
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<title>Scottish Parliament election: Holyrood vote can and should go ahead – Kenny MacAskill</title>
<link>https://scotlandspeaks.com/scottish-parliament-election-holyrood-vote-can-and-should-go-ahead-kenny-macaskill</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ I’m loathe to disagree with my good friend Henry McLeish but, on whether the Scottish elections should proceed in May, I must. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2021 05:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kenny MacAskill MP</dc:creator>
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