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A march in Glasgow

'De facto' independence referendum is still an option says minister

Alex Salmond will be one of the panellists joining FIona Bruce on this evening's Question Time.

Who is on Question Time tonight?

Ash Regan. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Ash Regan calls for cross-party independence convention amid Yes ‘divisions’

The reputational damage suffered by Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon is likely to dampen voters' enthusiasm for Scottish independence (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

SNP and independence are inextricably linked whatever party critics say

Alba party leader Alex Salmond

Salmond: Scots must drive for independence now after being ‘conned’ in 2014

King Charles appeared somewhat melancholy during the coronation ceremony (Picture: Richard Pohle/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Joyce McMillan: Flag-waving is not what people need amid cost-of-living crisis

First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf spoke at the All Energy conference in Glasgow on Wednesday.

The bill for free university tuition in Scotland revealed

SNP leadership candidate Ash Regan during the SNP leadership debate in Aberdeen in March.

Ash Regan appoints ex-Alba candidate as senior policy advisor

Edinburgh University, Old College building

Yousaf rejects suggestion of scrapping free university tuition for some Scots

Alba Party leader Alex Salmond was speaking at a rally held by independence campaigners All Under One Banner. Picture: Getty Images

Alex Salmond leads chants for Scottish independence at rally

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon talking to the media as she returned to the Scottish Parliament. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Sturgeon: If I was touting for other jobs while leader it would have come out

The Firth of Forth green freeport development promises much, but some firms may decide conditions in England's freeports are more attractive

Scotland's big life science dreams may be slipping away – Ivor Campbell

Alex Salmond said there should have been a “ring of policemen around Edinburgh Castle”

Yousaf should have 'ordered' police to stop Stone of Destiny move, says Salmond

Rishi Sunak addresses the Scottish Conservative conference in Glasgow yesterday (Picture: Neil Hanna/AFP via Getty Images)

Sunak must not stoop to Johnson-style political tactics – Scotsman comment

President Joe Biden appeared on the Late Late Show with James Corden.

Why Joe Biden’s Late Late Show appearance puts him at risk of doing a Salmond

Nicola Sturgeon with Alex Salmond whilst on the General Election campaign trail in Inverurie in the Gordon constituency in 2015.

Crown Office still investigating Alex Salmond claims of perjury a year on

Humza Yousaf's administration has endured a rocky start amid speculation the crisis engulfing the SNP could lead to a breakaway party. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Analysis: Could the crisis engulfing the SNP lead to a new breakaway party?

The notorious Toll of Birness has claimed many lives over the years.

Aberdeenshire - the forgotten corner of Scotland?

Alex Neil

SNP should bring in forensic accountants, says former minister Alex Neil

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon alongside her successor Humza Yousaf during an update to MSPs on changes to the Covid-19 restrictions at the Scottish Parliament. Picture: PA

How Yousafian ideology must go beyond Sturgeon's 'Scotland First' approach

Alex Salmond was asked about the arrest of Peter Murrell

Alex Salmond states SNP situation 'very sad' as he reacts to Murrell arrest

SNP chief executive Peter Murrell is married to Nicola Sturgeon.

Who is Peter Murrell?

Pipers march up New York's Sixth Avenue during a previous Tartan Day parade (Picture Mark Mainz/Getty Images)

Will Scotland ever learn to embrace Tartan Day? – Martyn McLaughlin

Kate Forbes MSP has spoken out about the leadership contest for First Minister and its aftermath.

Kate Forbes: My faith was not tested 'at all' during election race

Humza Yousaf has been urged to deliver a green future for Scotland.

Humza Yousaf must deliver 'green future for Scotland', youth campaign group say

Humza Yousaf speaks to the media after being voted the new First Minister at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.

What Humza Yousaf said and what he meant in speech after FM vote

Expect continued failure if SNP 'continuity candidate' Humza Yousaf is named First Minister, says reader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Forget continuity, Scotland needs real change

Ash Regan (left) and Kate Forbes (right) applaud after Humza Yousaf was named as the party's new leader. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Why Humza Yousaf was the establishment-backed candidate

Green co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater. Picture: John Devlin

Why the SNP must distance the party from Nicola Sturgeon and Greens

A scene from Scotch on the Rocks. Picture: BBC

Scotch on the Rocks: 50 years since TV thriller 'banned' after SNP outrage

Ash Regan, left, Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes are standing to be the next SNP leader (Picture: Peter Devlin For Sky News via Getty Images)

Will SNP pick the new Sturgeon, new Salmond or possibly their version of Truss?

Nicola Sturgeon, seen with Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate during the COP26 summit in Glasgow, put significant energy into climate change issues (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Why is climate change the forgotten issue in SNP leadership contest?

Nicola Sturgeon, pictured holding a campaign rally in 2017, will step down as First Minister and SNP leader later this month. Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

The SNP must now do the soul-searching it has been putting off since 2014

Nicola Sturgeon with husband Peter Murrell.

Sturgeon and Murrell: The husband and wife duo who had an iron grip on the SNP

The son of the man who famously smuggled the Stone of Destiny back to Scotland from Westminster Abbey says his father would not want it to be returned to London for the King's coronation. Ian Hamilton, who died last year, broke into the abbey in 1950 and removed the stone, alongside a group of students. Mr Hamilton's son Jamie told the BBC: "I think his view would be, it's ridiculous."

Stone of Destiny shouldn’t go to Westminster for coronation – Ian Hamilton’s son

Are SNP leadership candidates Kate Forbes and Ash Regn trying to counter a conspiracy or create one? (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

SNP candidates 'putting a smell' on the whole party operation – Brian Wilson

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon talks with the gathered media following First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament

SNP finally releases current membership figures, showing huge drop since 2021

Nicola Sturgeon with Alex Salmond whilst on the General Election campaign trail in Inverurie in the Gordon constituency in 2015

SNP ministers set for court battle over report evidence on Sturgeon conduct

SNP members have started to vote on whether Humza Yousaf, Ash Regan or Kate Forbes should succeed Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the party and First Minister of Scotland

Leader: We really need a first minister for all Scots

SNP candidate Ash Regan. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Ash Regan refuses to say if she believes Alex Salmond was 'stitched up'

Ash Regan, left, Kate Forbes and Humza Yousaf are vying to be the next SNP leader (Picture: Andy Buchanan/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Wrong SNP leader could turn Scotland into a political backwater – Joyce McMillan

John Swinney's resignation is a sign that the SNP is in trouble (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Why there could be another SNP leadership contest next year – Jackie Baillie

The polling questions included questions around Alba's popularity prior to the Scottish Parliamentary election in 2021.

Pollster rapped on knuckles over Wings Over Scotland polling

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Deputy First Minister John Swinney arrive for First Minster's Questions last Thursday

Euan McColm: Why the SNP’s new guard needs to taste defeat

Kate Forbes and Humza Yousaf with Nicola Sturgeon

Euan McColm: Plasticine Scottish nationalism is about to take a different shape

Humza Yousaf waves as he stands with his mother Shaaista and father Muzaffar during an event at Pollockshields Burgh Hall. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Humza Yousaf denies deliberately skipping equal marriage vote

"There has been no question of Nicola’s talents as a first-rate political communicator and election winner and – having been there – I feel for her personally on the day of her resignation... There are two questions for the future. One is that the movement has been left with no clear strategy for independence. The previously accepted referendum route has been closed and the de facto referendum/election proposal is now, at best, up in the air. Secondly there is no obvious successor."

14 Quotes from politicians in response to Nicola Sturgeon's resignation

SNP supporters were hoodwinked by Nicola Sturgeon over the chances of a referendum and independence (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Nicola Sturgeon’s legacy is ultimately one of failure – Murdo Fraser

Actress Noele Gordon, aka Meg Mortimer, with her screen daughter and husband, ruled the roost in soap opera Crossroads until, like Nicola Sturgeon, she found her time in charge hit a dead end (Picture: PA)

Sunak's high-tax Tories and Labour's polls surge are problems for new SNP leader

Whoever replaces Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader will not be her equal (Picture: Andrew Milligan/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Sturgeon's resignation amounts to failure of 25-year nationalist project

Nicola Sturgeon's resignation will spark the first SNP leadership contest in nearly two decades. Picture: Jane Barlow - Pool/Getty

How the SNP will choose Nicola Sturgeon's successor

Supporters may discover Nicola Sturgeon has killed off their goal of Scottish independence (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Sturgeon resigned to avoid carrying can for end of indy 'dream' – John McLellan

Nicola Sturgeon has devoted her political career to Scottish independence.

The life and career of resigning SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon is announcing plans to step down as Scotland's First Minister.

How long has Nicola Sturgeon been in power for and how much does she earn?

Scottish Green party co-leader Lorna Slater in the main chamber at the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh

Analysis: Why Lorna Slater's no show on DRS was not good enough

Once the sure-footed leader of the SNP and pro-independence movement, Nicola Sturgeon now looks tired and out of ideas. Picture: Jane Barlow/AP

Nicola Sturgeon's gender reform shambles an open goal for Alex Salmond

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'De facto' independence referendum is still an option says minister

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