Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A siyasance, Salmond na ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu goyon bayan 'yancin kai na Scotland, yana ta kira a kai a kai don yin kuri'ar raba gardama kan batun. Salmond ya yi kamfen kan dumamar yanayi kuma a cikin gwamnati ya yi alkawarin Scotland ga dokar rage fitar da hayaki da samar da makamashi mai sabuntawa. Ranar bayan zaben raba gardama na 'yancin kai na 2014
, wanda yawancin masu jefa kuri'a na Scottish suka ƙi 'yancin kai daga Burtaniya, Salmond ya ba da sanarwar niyyarsa ba za ta sake tsayawa takara a matsayin shugaban SNP a taron SNP na Kasa a watan Nuwamba ba, kuma ya yi murabus a matsayin Firayim Minista daga baya. Mataimakinsa, Nicola Sturgeon, wanda shine dan takarar da ya tsaya a zaben shugabancin, ya gaje shi a matsayin shugaban SNP. Ya gabatar da murabus a matsayin Firayim Minista a ranar 18 ga Nuwamba, kuma Sturgeon ya gaje shi washegari.