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Tue 05 May 2011Salmond looks set for second term but as a minority leader

The SNP leader believes a win will give him “the moral authority” to go for an independence referendum again, writes MARK HENNESSY

FOLLOWING LAST year’s Westminster elections, Labour in Scotland moved into a comfortable lead, giving it hope that it could oust Alex Salmond and the Scottish National Party from power in the Holyrood parliament.