Etiqueta: Alex Salmond

  • Referendum concession speech

    ALEX SALMOND Can I say thank-you for that reception but above all thank-you to Scotland for 1.6 million votes for Scottish independence. Our friends in the Highlands of Scotland are still to speak so the final results aren’t in, but we know there is going to be a majority for the No campaign. It is…

  • The moment to believe, the moment to win

    ALEX SALMOND I want to start by welcoming each of you here this morning. It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to speak to an international media audience representing countries from all around the world. Since 1945, 142 countries have chosen independence. Not one has ever asked to give it up. It is therefore…

  • Scotland referendum on 18 September 2014

    ALEX SALMOND On 18th September 2014 people across Scotland will vote to determine their country’s future. It will be a historic day, and one on which this ancient nation decides its place in the world. People will be able to choose if they want a Scotland that is independent and able to make her own…

  • Referendum speech

    ALEX SALMOND Presiding Officer, the people who live in Scotland are the best people to make decisions about their own future. Of that there can be no doubt. In May of this year, those people – the people of Scotland – gave the Scottish Government an overwhelming majority because of a record of good government,…