Alex Salmond Arrested in Westminster Trying to
Blow Up Parliament
By Jay Effkay ◦
06-Nov-2007
Anti Terror Police Swooped on Salmond in the
Vaults Beneath Parliament
The leader of the Scottish National Party, Alex Salmond,
has been arrested following a dramatic raid in the vaults beneath
Parliament
last night as he attempted to detonate a huge cache of explosives.
Salmond was stopped by crack anti-terror police in the cellars below Westminster just as he was about to light the fuse to detonate several dozen barrels packed full with dynamite. He is now being held at the top security Paddington Green police station and has been charged with High Treason.
The arrest came as hundreds of MPs were in session in the House of Commons, while many more were working in offices nearby. The Prime Minister was not thought to be in Parliament at the time.
Speaking after the arrest, Gordon Brown described the Scottish First Minister as "a highly dangerous separatist and a traitor". Despite provisions in the European Convention on Human Rights prohibiting capital punishment, the Prime Minister said that he would invoke Britain's negotiated opt-out and press for "nothing less than Death by Burning".
Explosive experts told the Daily Fortnight that the barrels contained enough dynamite to entirely obliterate Parliament and and cause extensive damage to surrounding buildings.
It is unclear how the plot came to light, however the security services are known to have long infiltrated the ranks of nationalist groups.
It is thought that Salmond intended to blow up the Houses of Parliament in revenge for what he sees as the persecution of Scots living under English tyranny, seemingly ignoring the overwhelming evidence of economic and political benefits from Scotland remaining within the United Kingdom.
Salmond was stopped by crack anti-terror police in the cellars below Westminster just as he was about to light the fuse to detonate several dozen barrels packed full with dynamite. He is now being held at the top security Paddington Green police station and has been charged with High Treason.
The arrest came as hundreds of MPs were in session in the House of Commons, while many more were working in offices nearby. The Prime Minister was not thought to be in Parliament at the time.
Speaking after the arrest, Gordon Brown described the Scottish First Minister as "a highly dangerous separatist and a traitor". Despite provisions in the European Convention on Human Rights prohibiting capital punishment, the Prime Minister said that he would invoke Britain's negotiated opt-out and press for "nothing less than Death by Burning".
Explosive experts told the Daily Fortnight that the barrels contained enough dynamite to entirely obliterate Parliament and and cause extensive damage to surrounding buildings.
It is unclear how the plot came to light, however the security services are known to have long infiltrated the ranks of nationalist groups.
It is thought that Salmond intended to blow up the Houses of Parliament in revenge for what he sees as the persecution of Scots living under English tyranny, seemingly ignoring the overwhelming evidence of economic and political benefits from Scotland remaining within the United Kingdom.
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