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Martin Geissler asks his last question which focuses on the Euros and asks if Scotland aren't playing will Alex Salmond support England.

"I'll support the best teams," he replies.

But he concedes he will "probably not' support England.

"The question is academic, because obviously Scotland are going, we will qualify and we will win."

Scotland will take on hosts Germany in the opening match on Friday.

First Minister John Swinney has confirmed he will join the Tartan Army in Munich.

The Scottish government said Sports Minister Maree Todd will attend the match against Switzerland and Culture Secretary Angus Robertson will be among dignitaries at the Hungary game.

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Alex Salmond is the leader of the pro-independence party Alba.

He set it up in 2021 after he left the SNP of which he had been a member since a student in the 1970s.

While in the SNP, Salmond was both its leader and Scotland's first minister. He had also been an MP and MSP at various points in his political career.

He resigned as first minister after losing the Scottish independence referendum in 2014.

Salmond was replaced by his deputy, Nicola Sturgeon.

In 2017, he lost his Commons seat to the Conservatives and went on to host a talk show on the Russian state-backed RT channel.

He resigned from the SNP after it emerged that allegations of sexual misconduct dating back to his time as first minister had been made against him. However, he went on to be cleared of all the charges.

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Duguid affair is a running sore for the Toriespublished at 10:57 British Summer Time 9 June

10:57 BST 9 June

Georgia Roberts
BBC Scotland political correspondent

Alex Salmond’s condemnation of Douglas Ross shows what the David Duguid affair will remain a running sore for the Scottish Conservatives.

If the former First Minister’s prediction that Ross will “get his comeuppance” and lose the vote is true, it’ll show the importance of character in politics (as the Rishi Sunak D-Day affair also did this week).

Senior Conservatives have already told the BBC they don’t think Douglas Ross can stay on as leader after the general election because the optics of effectively deselecting Duguid whilst he remains in hospital are “terribe”.

There’s real concern that the handling of the affair has set back what previously looked like a successful Scottish Conservative campaign against a difficult UK backdrop – and clearly, we see this morning the advantage other parties may already be seeking to take from it.

Why vote for Alba rather than the SNP, Martin Geissler asks.

"Because we are the party that believes unambiguously in independence," Mr Salmond replies.

He accuses the SNP of trying to "avoid the constitutional issue" in debates, yet points to a letter sent to SNP supporters asking for donations which he said mentioned independence several times.

If the SNP wants to win the election it must make sure independence is the key issue of the election, Mr Salmond adds.

He notes that Alba policy is to define every national election as a mandate for independence.

He say the aim should be to "face down" Westminster and "bend it to the will of the Scottish people."

The majority of disillusioned SNP voters will just "sit at home" at this election and Alba are looking to "mobilise" those voters.

Asked whether his party is credible, Alex Salmond insists: "Yes we're credible."

The Alba Party leader says his party is three years old and he calls for time to win more votes.

"Our campaign is going to be on the ground," he says.

"I think we're going to have substantial results in a number of seats."

Alex Salmond says Scottish Conservative leader "Douglas Ross isn't going to be elected" to Westminster next month.

It comes after Scottish Tories dropped David Duguid and said Mr Ross would be standing in the seat instead.

Mr Duguid is in hospital after becoming ill in April but has insisted he is well enough to stand.

The Scottish Conservatives have insisted party leader Douglas Ross played no part in the decision to stop Mr Duguid from standing.

Salmond says Ross has "stabbed David Duguid in the back in a most reprehensible manner".

He adds he has never seen anything like it and Ross will get his "come-uppance" at the election.

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Martin Geissler now turns to the Alba Party leader Alex Salmond.

Salmond begins by explaining why he is not standing in this election "because I'm setting my sights on the Scottish Parliament in two years' time".

He thinks Alba have "excellent chances" in a number of seats.

Salmond says his party's chances would be increased if he was allowed on the BBC's Scottish party leaders' debate on Tuesday.

You'll be able to follow the debate on Tuesday night here on the BBC Scotland website.

Are the Greens embarking on a lost deposit return scheme?published at 10:36 British Summer Time 9 June

10:36 BST 9 June

Andrew Kerr
BBC Scotland political correspondent

The Scottish Greens have had a difficult 2024 so far after being dropped as the SNP's government partners.

The party seems a bit cowed by events but will now look forward to campaigning on the doorsteps.

They're standing in 44 seats (out of 57) - the most ever.

Patrick Harvie's appearance on The Sunday Show and the party's participation in the campaign means they can plant a flag and air their views.

He said a critical part of their offer is a tax on the super-rich.

The party dismisses the possibility of splitting the pro-independence vote and maybe even relish giving the SNP a bit of a bashing.

Mr Harvie was critical of the First Past the Post voting system - saying he was happy to see every green vote in every ballot box.

However, there has been a joke that the Greens are embarking on a lost deposit return scheme with their 44 seats.

But this general election is about profile - and sets the scene for their more significant campaign which is the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.

The Scottish Greens leader denies that his party standing in marginal seats could cause unionist parties to win the seats by splitting the vote for independence supporting parties, saying that voters should have 'the widest range of choices".

He adds that co-leader Lorna Slater's previous remarks on independence not being a red line for the party were taken "out of context", and that while the party would support a future Labour government on issues such as rent control, this would not diminish their independence support

He says Labour will have a large majority, but although there will be a change of government "there will not be a change of politics".

A "more progressive direction" needs to place Labour "under pressure".

Harvie is asked why the Scottish government had to scrap some of their climate change targets, which came when the Greens were still involved in a power sharing agreement with the SNP.

He says the targets were "certainly achievable" and that the targets were missed due to the "slow pace" of emissions reduction.

The Greens leader adds that the Scottish government were missing targets "for years" before the Greens joined the government, and that there were members of the SNP who attacked "every part of an environmentally responsible agenda".

Turning to the future of oil and gas, Harvie stresses the importance of a transition.

He wants to see investment to move away from fossil fuels "as fast as possible".

The Scottish Greens co-leader says we need to focus on renewables.

Oil and gas is "a thing of the past" he argues.

Hope will come from renewables, not the oil and gas industry, during a climate emergency, he adds.

The MSP adds that over the last few years, quite an interesting change has been seen in Scottish politics, with parties moving to the position the Greens have had for quite some time - that maximum oil and gas extraction has to end.

He says investing an "industry of the past" is a "dead end".

Patrick Harvie is talking about tax avoidance.

That is the arrangement of a taxpayer's affairs in such a way as to pay the least amount of tax - legitimately.

Whereas tax evasion is illegal. It happens when people deliberately do not pay the tax they should. It is criminal.

Mr Harvie says there has been a long standing problem with UK governments not doing enough to tackle tax avoidance.

He says legitimate legal tax avoidance should be outlawed, and should be seen as deeply anti-social behaviour.

Harvie accuses the other parties of being "quite dishonest" about the country's finances.

He says they are running away from any form of raising tax.

He wants to raise tax on the "super rich and the wealthiest" - people who are multi-millionaires - and re-invest it in public services.

The Scottish Greens leader claims that this tax could raise between £70bn and £120bn, providing "a huge opportunity to reinvest in public services and in the transition to net zero".

Martin Geissler begins his questioning of Scottish Greens leader Patrick Harvie.

He asks what the Greens are hoping to get out of this election?

Mr Harvie says winning in one constituceny in Scotland - for the first time in a general election - would be a good outcome for his party.

He adds that he's seeking a "deeper connection" with the electorate.

He highlights the challenges with the voting system used in Westminster elections, called 'first past the post'.

Mr Harvie adds that we have to acknowledge the first past the post system is a deeply unfair electoral system, it does leave many people feeling a bit "bullied" into voting for "whatever they think are the two front runners" in their own constituency.

"The only wasted vote is a vote for something you don't believe in," he says.

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First up to be interviewed is Patrick Harvie, who is the co-leader of the Scottish Greens.

It's a role he shares the role with fellow MSP Lorna Slater.

First elected to Holyrood in 2003, he has been party leader since 2008.

The Greens won eight seats in the 2021 Holyrood election, their most ever, which led to the Bute House power-sharing agreement with the SNP being signed after weeks of talks between the two parties.

The deal saw both Harvie and Slater join the government as junior ministers, with Harvie being given the title of minister for zero carbon buildings, active travel and tenants' rights.

The Bute House agreement was scrapped by the then first minister Humza Yousaf in April of this year.

The furious reaction by Harvie and Slater led to Yousaf's downfall.

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And we’ll bring you live text updates, reaction and analysis right here.

The next general election will take place on Thursday 4 July.

The UK is divided into 650 areas, called constituencies, and each of these elects one MP to represent local residents at Westminster.

Scotland will elect 57 MPs.

This time, you will have to present a valid form of photo ID at the polling station before casting your vote.

You can follow all the latest election news on the BBC Scotland website.

Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of The Sunday Show.

This week we have the leaders of three political parties in the hot seat.

• First up is Patrick Harvie, co-leader of the Scottish Greens.
• He'll be followed by Alex Salmond, leader of the Alba party.
• Finally, Reform UK's leader in Scotland - Helen McDade - will be interviewed.

We'll also hear from pollster Mark Diffley and a panel of guests to discuss a busy week of electioneering.

You can watch or listen by pressing the play icons at the top of this page.

The programme is on BBC One Scotland from 10:00 until 11:00, then continues on Radio Scotland until 12:00.