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NORTH EAST SCOTLAND:

Salmond hopes party can launch bridgehead from his north-east political fortress

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DOUGLAS FRASER, Scottish Political Editor

But SNP leader faces tough battle closer to home

IF the Scottish National Party has a political stronghold, this is it, and it does not get any stronger than the furthest north-east point of Banff and Buchan.