Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te taha tōrangapū, ko Salmond tētahi o ngā kaitautoko matua o te mana motuhake o Scotland, e karanga tonutia ana mō tētahi whakataunga i runga i te take. Kua pakanga a Salmond mo te whakamahana o te ao, a, i roto i te kawanatanga, i whakawhiwhia a Scotland ki te ture mo te whakaheke i te tuku me te whakaputa i te kaha whakahou. Ko te rā i muri i te
I muri i te pooti motuhake o 2014, i whakakahoretia ai e te nuinga o nga kaipōti a Scottish te mana motuhake mai i te United Kingdom, i kii a Salmond i tana hiahia kia kaua e tu ano hei kaiarahi mo te SNP i te Huihuinga a-Motu o te SNP i te Whiringa-a-rangi, me te whakarere hei Minita Tuatahi i muri mai. I whai muri ia ia hei kaiarahi SNP e tana kaiawhina, a Nicola Sturgeon, te kaitono anake ki te tu i roto i te pooti kaiarahi. I tukuna e ia tana wehenga mai i te Minita Tuatahi i te 18 o Noema, a ka whai muri a Sturgeon i te ra i muri mai.