How ‘nuclear-free’ would an independent Scotland really be?
Alex Salmond has privately told the boss of the energy firm EDF not to worry about future of its nuclear power stations, despite SNP pledge to phase them out.
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond wins a convincing 71 per cent of the vote in a snap poll after the second televised debate against Alistair Darling on Scottish independence.
It’s ding ding, round two in the Scottish independence debate. Will the leaders of the Yes and No camps fail the FactCheck test?
Alex Salmond has privately told the boss of the energy firm EDF not to worry about future of its nuclear power stations, despite SNP pledge to phase them out.
As SNP leader Alex Salmond visits the home of the declaration of Arbroath, he needs urgently to narrow the gap in polls between the yes and no voters on Scottish independence.
The headlines say Alistair Darling drew first blood in his Scottish independence debate against Alex Salmond, but what do the Scottish public think? Ciaran Jenkins went to find out.
After a fiery, two hour debate ahead of the Scottish independence referendum, a snap poll puts Alistair Darling slightly in the lead ahead of First Minister Alex Salmond.
Is Alex Salmond hoping to ride a wave of patriotic fervour flowing for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games? If history tells us anything, he may be disappointed.
As Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond makes his first appearance on the Commonwealth Games stage, the challenge in the coming days may be to keep the attention of the world on the sport.
The prime minister has ventured to Perth – known as Scotland’s Hampshire – to ask reticent no voters to take heart and campaign openly against independence.
Prof Sir Tom Devine believes that if the yes side win, it will be thanks to something that was for decades unimaginable: Catholics voting for independence.
Four months from the Scottish referendum, accusations fly that Westminster has “buried” a poll which shows increasing support for the yes campaign – but can the source of these allegations be trusted?
Scottish stand-up comics Andy Todd and Fern Brady see the funny side of the independence referendum, even if they are on opposite sides of the debate.
The most famous Scotsman on television – Groundskeeper Willie from the Simpsons – follows Kermit the Frog in commenting on Scottish independence.
Many more women have been elected to political office in Scotland than at Westminster, but female voters remain sceptical about independence.
Gordon Brown is out-flanking quite a few in his party with his prescription for how far Scottish devolution should go.