2010
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3.71
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463
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Alex Salmond is well known as a former leader of the Scottish National Party and First Minister of Scotland, but relatively little is understood about Salmond as a human being, why he supports Scottish independence, what shaped his political views, and what sort of country he believes an independent Scotland can be. In this biography, David Torrance turns his attention to one of the most capable and interesting politicians Scotland has produced. Utilising a raft of published material, Torrance charts the life and career of Alex Salmond from his schooldays, his political activism at St. Andrews University, his early career at the Royal Bank of Scotland, his election as the MP for Banff and Buchan and his two spells as leader of the SNP and, from 2007, as First Minister of Scotland.
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Author
David Torrance
Author · 9 books
David Torrance is Devolution and Constitution Specialist at the House of Commons Library. He was formerly a freelance writer, broadcaster and journalist, reporting on the Scottish Parliament for STV, and contributing political commentary to a wide range of publications including The Scotsman, The Herald and The Times. He is the author of several books on Scottish politics, the best known being his unauthorised biographies of Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond. He is the author of Standing up for Scotland: Nationalist Unionism and Scottish Party Politics, 1884–2014 (Edinburgh University Press, 2020) and the editor of Ruth Davidson's Conservatives: The Scottish Tory Party, 2011–19 (Edinburgh University Press, 2020) and Whatever Happened to Tory Scotland (Edinburgh University Press, 2012).
