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Alex Salmond claims SNP “never closer” than it is today to independence

First Minister Alex Salmond has said the SNP has has never been closer to achieving independence in its 75 year history than it is today.

The SNP leader warned in a speech to the party’s annual conference that politicans who oppose an independence referendum could suffer at the ballot box.