Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te taha tōrangapū, ko Salmond tētahi o ngā kaitautoko matua o te mana motuhake o Kōti, e karanga tonutia ana mō tētahi reherenduma mō 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. I te rā i muri i te pōti motuhake o te tau 2014
, i te nuinga o nga kaipōti Scottish i paopao ki te 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.