Alba Party

Former first minister Alex Salmond

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

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

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

Kenny MacAskill

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

Ash Regan

Ash Regan quits Alex Salmond's Alba Party

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'

Stephen Flynn MP, Anas Sarwar MSP and Maree Todd MSP

The 16 seats to watch out for in the 2026 Scottish election

Chris McEleny with Alex Salmond in 2023

Alex Salmond ally to launch legal action against Alba Party

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 and Kenny MacAskill

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

Alex Salmond's niece Christina Hendry (left), Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh chair of the Alba Party (centre) and acting Alba Party leader Kenny MacAskill attend a motion of condolence for the former first minister in Edinburgh. Ms Hendry will run to become a MSP. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Alex Salmond's niece to run to become a MSP

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

Prime Minister Keir Starmer had promised GB Energy would be based in Aberdeen

Head of GB Energy to be based in England despite Scottish HQ pledge

Alex Salmond

Donor paying for return of Salmond's body revealed as Tom Hunter

Former first minister Alex Salmond

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

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Poll: Labour set for power in Holyrood while Salmond makes comeback

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage at Clacton Leisure Centre in Clacton, Essex, during the count for the 2024 General Election

How Reform, the Greens and Alba failed to find a foothold in Scotland

Tony Blair. Stefan Rousseau/PA

Why Tony Blair says Scottish independence is ‘further away than ever'

Alba party leader Alex Salmond, who has claimed the SNP's "incompetence" in government has "hindered" the cause of Scottish independence. Photo: Robert Perry/PA Wire

Alex Salmond: SNP ‘incompetence’ in power ‘hindered’ cause of independence

John Swinney at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, after he became the first candidate to declare his bid to become the new leader of the SNP. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Polling expert Sir John Curtice gives his verdict on John Swinney

Humza Yousaf has written to opposition party leaders as he seeks to save his political future

Yousaf’s position increasingly unstable as MPs warn against deal with Salmond

Alba Party leader Alex Salmond could hold the key to Humza Yousaf's political future (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Humza Yousaf rejects Alex Salmond's call for electoral pact with Alba

Tommy Sheppard. Picture: PA

Debate on independence stops if SNP loses next election says SNP MP

Alex Salmond

Scotland is ‘moving politically backwards’, says Alex Salmond

Ash Regan

Number of NHS boards in Scotland should be cut, says Alex Salmond’s Alba Party

Drivers who enter Edinburgh's new low emissions zone with non-compliant vehicles face fines from £60 to £480 for four-time offenders. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Edinburgh leaders warned over new city centre LEZ

Alba Party Holyrood leader Ash Regan MSP (right), party leader Alex Salmond (lelft) and Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (centre), party chair, hold a press conference in Edinburgh. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Alba party sets out plan to hold 2024 vote on extending powers for independence

Exclusive Green MSPs fume as turncoat MSP Ash Regan set to join their Holyrood corridor

Former SNP leadership contender Ash Regan with Alba's Westminster leader Neale Hanvey (left) and deputy leader, Kenny MacAskill during a photocall at the Scottish Parliament after she defected from the SNP, becoming the Alba Party's firstMSP. (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

Readers' letters: Alba Party is in rude health, despite the naysayers

Defeated SNP leadership candidate Ash Regan during the SNP leadership debate at the Tivoli Theatre Company in Aberdeen.

Defeated SNP leadership candidate Ash Regan defects to Alex Salmond's Alba Party

The Alba Party have hit out after a billboard poster was rejected by Global. Image: Peter Summers/Getty Images.

Alba Party billboard rejected

Alba party leader Alex Salmond

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

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

Ash Regan appoints ex-Alba candidate as senior policy advisor

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

Alex Salmond was asked about the arrest of Peter Murrell

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

Alex Salmond, leader of the Alba Party, at a campaign event in Falkirk last year (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Salmond should accept that his time is over

Wind turbine firms are being paid compensation to stop producing electricity because of a lack of storage capacity (Picture: John Devlin)

Kenny MacAskill: The £1 billion wind turbine scandal amid energy crisis
I saw mention on social media last week that the north of Scotland’s domestic electricity had been supplied some days entirely by renewables.

Properties not connected to the gas grid are not covered by the new price cap (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Off-grid homes still desperately need help with energy bills – Kenny MacAskill

Tommy Sheridan and wife Gail at a pro-independence march in Glasgow in 2015.

Disgraced ex-MSP Tommy Sheridan declared bankrupt

Alba Party leaflets may have been uncompliant with electoral law

Alex Salmond's Alba Party spoken to over leaflets 'breaking electoral law'

Boris Johnson is presiding over a distortion of British democracy (Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)

Johnson's regime is ushering in a new age of kleptocracy in UK – Kenny MacAskill

Former first minister Alex Salmond

Alex Salmond rules out return to Kremlin-backed TV channel RT

Leslie Evans rejected an invitation to give evidence about her time as Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Parliament’s finance committee (Russell Cheyne/PA)

Top civil servant's refusal to speak to MSPs' committee is out of order

The Alba Party has registered a new saltire-inspired tartan on an official Scottish Government site.

Alba Party registers Saltire-inspired tartan on official Scottish Register site

SNP MP Mhairi Black said she did not feel that women’s rights were being threatened by Gender Recognition Act reform (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Why Scotland should get on with Gender Recognition Act reform – Laura Waddell

Alex Salmond has been urged to quit his RT chat show.

Alex Salmond urged to stop being ‘Putin’s useful idiot’ and quit RT chat show

CalMac ferry services need to be improved, the question is how (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

CalMac ferries should be democratised, not privatised – Kenny MacAskill MP

'This year, energy and other household bills are going to increase at a rate which is completely unaffordable for many families,' says Mr Salmond (file image). Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images.

Alba Party calls on Holyrood to fund council tax freeze

Picture: Getty Images

Alex Salmond demands immediate help for private hire and taxi drivers

It’s unacceptable that men can identify as women and then seek to be detained in women’s prisons, says Kenny MacAskill (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Gender self-identification could distort crime statistics – Kenny MacAskill MP

When waiting times for treatment may be long, can the NHS afford 14 different health boards in Scotland? (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Why NHS reform is vital to avoid privatisation by stealth – Kenny MacAskill MP

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