Summary

  • Conservative candidate suspended over claims he schemed with the English Defence League to win votes

  • Nigel Farage says he'll be "utterly ruthless" with UKIP election candidates who "step over the line"

  • Alex Salmond backs a vote-by-vote arrangement with Labour if there is a hung parliament

  • A deal is reached over the television election debates

  • There are 46 days until the general election

  1. Alex Salmondpublished at 10:11 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2015

    BBC Radio 5 live

    Alex Salmond has jumped studios and now tells Pienaar's Politics he has "had better days" than 19 September - the day after the referendum. He says he was "hugely disappointed" after the vote, but you have to move on to the next thing, he adds.

    Scotland in 2015 is not he same country politically as it was in 2014, he says.

  2. 'Squeeze'published at 10:10 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2015

    BBC Radio 5 live

    Scottish journalist David Torrance tells John Pienaar the SNP have done extremely well in avoiding the "Westminster squeeze".

  3. Dudley North allegationspublished at 10:10 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2015

    BBC Radio 5 live

    Tom Newton Dunn, the Sun's political editor is discussing Afzal Amin, the Tory candidate at the general election who has been suspended over allegations he schemed with the English Defence League to win votes. He says it's very bad news for the Tories. He says Mr Amin was a "dream candidate" for the seat, but it is likely Labour will win now.

  4. Kevin Schofield, Sun's chief political correspondentpublished at 10:08 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2015

    tweets:, external Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude says the Tories are taking the accusations against Afzal Amin "extremely seriously". #murnaghan

  5. Pienaar's politicspublished at 10:07 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2015

    BBC Radio 5 live

    Pienaar's politics on Radio 5 is live now, where John is discussing the Scottish influence at the election. Alex Salmond is live, as is Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy.

  6. Catch uppublished at 10:06 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2015

    The Andrew Marr Show

    You can watch Labour's Gloria de Piero and Conservative Anna Soubry discussing the Sunday papers here.

  7. Iain Martin, political journalistpublished at 10:03 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2015

    tweets:, external Wow. Anna Soubry 5 - Salmond 0. Cameron, Miliband take note. That, is how to debate him. #Marr

  8. Tridentpublished at 10:02 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2015

    The Andrew Marr Show

    Mr Salmond said scrapping Trident would be a red line in any confidence and supply arrangement with Labour, but not necessarily in a vote-by-vote deal.

  9. SNP and Labourpublished at 10:00 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2015

    The Andrew Marr Show

    A vote-by-vote arrangement is possible even if Labour pursue the renewal of Trident, Alex Salmond says. A confidence and supply deal is possible, but a vote-by-vote arrangement is probable, the SNP politician adds.

  10. SNP 'terrifying'published at 09:58 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2015

    The Andrew Marr Show

    The Alex Salmond interview was one of the scariest interviews I have heard in some time, Tory MP Anna Soubry says. "Absolutely terrifing." You lost the referendum, she adds, and this is a "back door way" of trying to break up the UK.

  11. Norman Smith, BBC News assistant political editorpublished at 09:56 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2015

    tweets:, external SNP membership now reached 100,000 says @AlexSalmond @MarrShow

  12. James Tapsfield, Press Association political reporterpublished at 09:56 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2015

    tweets, external: Tories will be absolutely rubbing their hands at this Salmond turn on Marr

  13. Iain Dale, LBC presenterpublished at 09:55 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2015

    tweets:, external This Alex Salmond interview on #Marr is such a gift to CCHQ poster creaters. 'If you hold the balance, you hold the power."

  14. In demandpublished at 09:54 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2015

    The Andrew Marr Show

    More people came to my book signing in Aberdeen than were at the Lib Dem spring conference, Alex Salmond says scathingly.

  15. 'Fed up'published at 09:54 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2015

    The Andrew Marr Show

    A decisive bloc of SNP MPs would hopefully move Labour in a different direction, Alex Salmond says. Many in England want that too, he adds. People across the UK are fed up of the duopoly at Westminster, people want something more interesting he argues.

  16. Keith Buntingpublished at 09:53 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2015

    tweets:, external @almurray @Eastwood1A1 @paulwaugh Complete opposite. Al is using satire to expose UKIP and Farage. It is a compliment to the electorate.

  17. James Tapsfield, Press Associationpublished at 09:51 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2015

    tweets:, external Salmond says a Labour minority government would have to negotiate its budget with the SNP

  18. Vote-by-vote dealpublished at 09:50 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2015

    The Andrew Marr Show

    We won't do any deal with the Tories, but options with Labour are open says Alex Salmond. It's most likely there will be a vote-by-vote arrangement, he says.

    Mr Salmond also talks about his time running a minority administration in Scotland.

  19. 'More power than UKIP'published at 09:49 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2015

    The Andrew Marr Show

    Alex Salmond says any European referendum should require all constituent parts of the UK to back an exit. And he says defiantly that his party will call the shots more than UKIP after the election.

  20. Jim Pickard, Chief Political Correspondent for the Financial Timespublished at 09:48 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2015

    tweets:, external Nigel Farage accuses @almurray of being "very middle class". So what is the Ukip leader and onetime banker? Salt of the earth? Aristocrat?