Former first minister Alex Salmond has refused to be drawn on the future of his talk show which was formerly broadcast on Russian state news channel RT – as regulator Ofcom revoked the broadcast licence of the Russian channel with immediate effect.
Alba Party Leader and former first minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond.
I must say I don’t see what all the fuss is about.
In my opinion it shows exactly what the whole push for Scottish independence is all about: “We beat the English over 700 years ago, and if we all wave our saltires hard enough, we can do it again.”
Although the SNP are now distancing themselves from this man, it wasn’t so long ago that they were championing him as Scotland’s saviour.
The independence movement has no real argument, it’s all about historical grievance.
Forget that for over 300 years, we have been part of the most successful union of countries the world has known – or that if we were not part of the UK, we would have a year on year, black whole of around £15 billion.