Blog posts tagged "Alex Salmond"

February 16, 2012 4:44 pm 8 Comments

David Cameron found his meeting with Alex Salmond 'frustrating' say his aides. Mr Salmond says things "have moved on quite substantially" reports Gary Gibbon from Edinburgh.

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At David Cameron's speech in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle. Anti-cuts protestors chants waft by from the street. But up here on the 5th floor of an Edinburgh hotel David Cameron is, he says, speaking in a spirit of "humble pie."

February 15, 2012 12:03 pm 2 Comments

Bank of England Governor Mervyn King remains tight lipped over the prospect of becoming the lender of last resort to an independent Scotland.

January 25, 2012 4:49 pm 7 Comments

Gary Gibbon reports from Edinburgh as Alex Salmond lays out more detail of his plans for an independence referendum.

January 19, 2012 7:03 pm 4 Comments

Consideration of whether former RBS boss Sir Fred Goodwin should be stripped of his knighthood is likely to take some time reports Political Editor Gary Gibbon.

January 16, 2012 4:13 pm 14 Comments

Gary Gibbon blogs on an exclusive YouGov/Channel 4 News poll which shows most Scots want greater powers but not independence.

January 12, 2012 10:48 am 16 Comments

Should scots voters be asked about enhanced devolution AND independence in the same vote? Its a hard question for Westminster-based parties, finds political editor Gary Gibbon.

January 10, 2012 12:03 pm 2 Comments

Alex Salmond has now deigned to comment on David Cameron's intervention in the referendun saga, blogs Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon.

January 9, 2012 12:01 pm 13 Comments

A battle of wills started today as the cabinet discussed plans to rein in Alex Salmond, try to reassert and amend London powers to call a referendum, and start calling the shots, writes Gary Gibbon.

June 13, 2011 9:30 am 22 Comments

Our Political Editor says that the pressure for greater devolutionof powers to Scotland could add to the problems confronting the Labour Leader, Ed Miliband.