Sentences with phrase «snp leader»

SNP leader's vow includes pledge to ensure Scotland legislates for non-binary gender recognition if party wins Holyrood election

Mr Cameron, who has promised to lead a government for «one nation» after his party won its first majority since 1992 with 331 seats, has already spoken to SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, whose party won 56 of the 59 seats in Scotland.

[4][5] Salmond announced his resignation as SNP leader and First Minister the day after the referendum.

Former SNP leader Alex Salmond did not accept that Scottish MPs would not be locked out of decisions affecting their grants.

SNP leader will seek to pile further pressure on Jeremy Corbyn as she contrasts her party's disciplined stance with Labour's chaotic position on the issue

The chief executive of Better Together, the campaign against Scottish independence, has told the BBC that SNP leader Alex Salmond's conference speech is a return to «old tunes.»

McConnell expressed fears that Labour would experience increased difficulty in regaining the confidence of Scottish voters following the election of Sturgeon as SNP leader, and described the party as «a political machine that is angry about what has happened in Scotland in the recent past».

SNP Leader Alex Salmond said: «Over half the debate should have been captioned «Except for viewers in Scotland».

In Aberdeenshire, voters explain why the SNP leader made a huge tactical error — and her MPs paid the penalty

The SNP leader also faces accusations of trying to exert «Stalinist» discipline over proposed new rules banning her MPs from speaking out against party policy.

Foreign Office failure to host meal for former SNP leader and UK embassy staff shows «deep politicisation» of department under Philip Hammond, says Salmond

Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP leader, said that her party would not support a minority Labour government whe agrees to abandon Britain's Trident nuclear defence programme.

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed she will not seek to form a coalition with another party.

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon says the indications are that it will be «a very very good night for the SNP».

Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish first minister and SNP leader, has claimed that May called the snap election in part because she feared that numerous MPs would be prosecuted for fraud over their election expenses and implied the Conservatives may have «bought» the last election.

In a testy debate in the Scottish Parliament, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson accused the SNP leader of looking «pretty shifty» in her party's dealings with Cambridge Analytica.

He pointed out that Labour and the Lib Dems appear to have declared bus expenditure as national costs and also highlighted Nicola Sturgeon's use of a helicopter to travel to battleground seats as SNP leader.

They claim 13 Labour candidates received visits from Harriet Harman's «pink bus» but did not declare this in their local returns, with the cost instead included in the national return; that the Lib Dems used an election battlebus to transport activists to constituencies which was not included in the candidates» returns; and that the SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, «used a helicopter to campaign for SNP candidates in 12 target constituencies — at a cost of # 35,000».

The SNP leader says if Labour's Ed Miliband «turns his back» on any post-election deal to «keep Cameron out of Downing Street», the people of Scotland will never «forgive him».

Former SNP leader to run for Lib Dem - held seat of Gordon and says 2015 election could put his party in a commanding position

Speaking to ITV News Correspondent Martin Geissler, the former SNP leader, said a vote - by - vote arrangement with Labour's Ed Miliband would be much more likely than any other agreement, should the result of May's General Election require a deal between the two.

In lively exchanges with the Conservative MP Anna Soubry, the former SNP leader remarked that the surge in support for the Nationalists in Scotland showed they had not really lost last September's referendum after all.

The SNP leader, who will be replaced by his deputy Nicola Sturgeon later this month, said he would make a decision soon about whether to run as an MP at the general election.

However, SNP leader Alex Salmond said it was «blatantly obvious» that people in Scotland had voted against the Conservative Party, and challenged their mandate to govern north of the border.

Ed Miliband has described SNP leader Alex Salmond as a «formidable politician», and pledged for change in the way the country is governed.

Delegates will also hear from the Scottish Labour leader, Kezia Dugdale, and the SNP leader and first minister, Nicola Sturgeon.

SNP leader Alex Salmond was elected first minister with support from the Scottish Greens, defeating McConnell 49 - 46 while the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats abstained.

Former SNP leader Alex Salmond was ousted, as was former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg — perhaps in a delayed backlash by young voters against tuition fees.

The Conservatives claim the SNP leader's voting record at Westminster shows he treats his constituents «with contempt».

He claims Eastbourne Conservatives went even further, pushing a line that Alex Salmond, not even the more popular and actual SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, would end up «running the country».

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has celebrated a third successive victory for her party in Scottish Parliament elections, while Labour was beaten into third place in Scotland.

This week SNP leader Alex Salmond warned the decision to renew Trident could further dent Labour's performance in the election.

SNP leader dismisses Tory proposal of English votes for English laws when Scotland's interests are still affected

The SNP leader has said her party will vote «at each and every opportunity» in the Commons, including on bills or budgets which predominantly affect England.

Sat in the Royal Box, SNP leader Salmond didn't quite make it to the first row, where Pippa Middleton and the Duchess of Cambridge sat.

Sturgeon, the first minister and SNP leader, has decided that consultation is not enough, and insists that her government or Holyrood should be given the legal power to block any changes they disagree with.

But for all the former prime minister's apparent desire to have taken on the retiring SNP leader Alex Salmond's role of holding «Westminster's feet to the fire» over their promises, Brown also showed a statesman - like touch that perhaps the first minister lacks

[82][83] SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon later confirmed in the Scottish leaders» debate on STV that she was prepared to «help make Ed Miliband prime minister.»

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon criticises Labour leader Ed Miliband for not being «bold enough on his own» to offer a «real alternative to austerity», in a pre-election debate.

The SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has repeated her claim that Labour would not be forgiven if Ed Miliband turned down the chance to work with her and keep the conservatives out of government following the general election.

But SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon suggested he needed to «put the bogeyman to one side» to enable people to «debate these issues for real and in substance».

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has a rating of +36, a drop of three per cent since February, while Scottish Greens co-convener Patrick Harvie is on +23.

Senior Conservative sources said if Cameron failed to secure an overall majority he would attempt to follow the example of the SNP leader, Alex Salmond, who leads a minority administration in Holyrood.

Former SNP leader Alex Salmond, who is leading cross-party attempts to impeach Mr Blair, said the ex-Prime Minister should be «held accountable» for his actions.

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, who is now in London for VE Day commemorations, said she had hoped her party would do well but «never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined we'd win 56 out of Scotland's 59 MPs».

SNP Leader Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond campaign in the Gordon constituency in Inverurie, Scotland

Salmond's successor as SNP leader - and, thus, as First Minister of Scotland - Nicola Sturgeon is equally adept at keeping the faithful on - message.

Tony Blair branded «absurd» the SNP leader Alex Salmond's claim that Scots could vote for independence in the SNP's planned referendum and then return to the UK if they then wished.

Salmond was forced back to Holyrood to explain the discrepancies yesterday, in a profoundly humiliating moment for the SNP leader.

Another audience member asked about Trident and again the SNP leader was on firm ground: «I choose childcare, health and education over new Trident weapons any day of the week.»