Dick Douglas and Alex Salmond
Accession Number: spa.si.360
Dick Douglas was Labour MP for Ochil between 1970 and 1974. He was elected as Labour MP for Dunfermline West in 1987. He later resigned the Labour whip and stood as an independent Labour candidate before joining the SNP in 1990 citing his dissatisfaction with the way Labour had handled the Poll Tax issue as one reason.
For biographical information about Alex Salmond www.scottish.parliament.uk/MSP/MembersPages/alex_salmond/...
This picture forms part of the Scots Independent donation to the Scottish Political Archive. The Scots Independent is a monthly Nationalist newspaper. The paper was founded in 1926 and is the longest surviving political newspaper in Scotland in the twentieth century. For further information about the Scots Independent please visit their website at www.scotsindependent.org
The Scottish Political Archive is housed at the University of Stirling. The archive is home to the oral interviews, personal papers and associated material from prominent Scottish politicians. For further information about the work of the archive please visit our website www.scottishpoliticalarchive.org.uk
Dick Douglas and Alex Salmond
Accession Number: spa.si.360
Dick Douglas was Labour MP for Ochil between 1970 and 1974. He was elected as Labour MP for Dunfermline West in 1987. He later resigned the Labour whip and stood as an independent Labour candidate before joining the SNP in 1990 citing his dissatisfaction with the way Labour had handled the Poll Tax issue as one reason.
For biographical information about Alex Salmond www.scottish.parliament.uk/MSP/MembersPages/alex_salmond/...
This picture forms part of the Scots Independent donation to the Scottish Political Archive. The Scots Independent is a monthly Nationalist newspaper. The paper was founded in 1926 and is the longest surviving political newspaper in Scotland in the twentieth century. For further information about the Scots Independent please visit their website at www.scotsindependent.org
The Scottish Political Archive is housed at the University of Stirling. The archive is home to the oral interviews, personal papers and associated material from prominent Scottish politicians. For further information about the work of the archive please visit our website www.scottishpoliticalarchive.org.uk