The
SNP
and
its
leader
Alex
Salmond
put
renewables
and
the
benefits
they
can
bring
to
Scotland’s
economy
at
the
centre
of
a
campaign
that
today
delivered
them
a
surprise
majority
in
the
Scottish
Parliament.
By
this
afternoon
the
SNP,
which
previously
ran
a
minority
government,
had
secured
65
of
the
Edinburgh
parliament’s
129
seats
with
some
results
still
outstanding,
following
a
collapse
by
the
rival
Labour
and
Liberal
Democrat
parties.
As
First
Minister,
Salmond
will
lead
Scotland’s
first
majority
administration
since
the
devolved
parliament
was
set
up
in
1999
with
a
range…
