Tag: Alex Salmond Inquiry

John Swinney is being given a 24 hour deadline to release the government’s legal advice on the Alex Salmond case or face a vote of no confidence in him as Deputy First Minister. The Scottish Conservatives are threatening to lodge a motion of no confidence in Nicola Sturgeon’s second in command at Holyrood on Tuesday.… Continue reading Feb 2021. Salmond Sturgeon and Scotland Part 12

Alex Salmond launched an extraordinary attack on Nicola Sturgeon today, claiming that the current SNP leadership is unfit to lead the country to independence. The former first minister described a collective failure of leadership in the civil service, the prosecuting authority and the Scottish government which was undermining his goal of an independent Scotland. “The… Continue reading Feb 2021. Salmond at the Holyrood Inquiry

Alex Salmond has said the leadership of the Scottish government has “failed” and claimed that there had been a “calculated and deliberate suppression of key evidence” to a parliamentary committee. Giving evidence at a Holyrood inquiry into the unlawful investigation of sexual harassment claims made against him, the former First Minister said the “failures of… Continue reading Feb 2021. Salmond Sturgeon and Scotland Part 11

Alex Salmond has claimed Scotland’s “leadership has failed” and claimed there has been a “calculated and deliberate suppression of key evidence” as he made an appearance at a Scottish Parliamentary committee inquiry. Speaking in his opening statement at the Holyrood inquiry into the Scottish Government’s unlawful investigation of sexual harassment claims made against him, Scotland’s… Continue reading Feb 2021. Salmond Sturgeon and Scotland Part 10

Alex Salmond has agreed to appear before a Holyrood committee conducting an inquiry into the Scottish Government’s handling of accusations against him tomorrow amid an increasingly bitter SNP civil war. The former first minister had been due to attend an evidence session yesterday but he pulled out after the Scottish Parliament redacted his written submission. He offered to… Continue reading Feb 2021. Sturgeon claims Institutions are at Risk

The Faculty of Advocates has said it is “concerned” at the focus on the Crown Office and Scotland’s court services in the increasingly bitter row engulfing the Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament over redacted elements of Alex Salmond’s evidence to a Holyrood committee investigating how complaints of sexual harassment against him were handled. https://rumble.com/vefawl-feb-2021.-1788.-salmond-sturgeon-and-scotland-part-9.html

A mess to embarrass the architects of devolution. Heady ideals look distinctly tarnished when following every twist and turn of what has been dubbed ‘The Alex Salmond Affair’. It’s an epic battle and potential implosion of the SNP. Well, I at least live in hope! https://rumble.com/veejl9-feb-2021.-salmond-sturgeon-and-scotland-part-8.html

Bernard Ponsonby is a veteran reporter in Scotland, well respected. He asks about the submission being hauled back by the Crown Office and having to be redacted and then republished after it had already been published in the public domain. I have a copy of the unredacted document, I’m no lawyer, but after my third… Continue reading Feb 2021. Salmond Sturgeon and Scotland Part 7

The inquiry into how the Scottish government handled complaints against Alex Salmond has descended into “shameful” chaos after the former first minister withdrew from his long-awaited appearance. Salmond had been due to be questioned in front of a parliamentary committee at Holyrood today but scrapped the plans after his evidence was censored by the Crown… Continue reading Feb 2021. The Failings of the Salmond Inquiry

MSP Murdo Fraser condemned the decision to redact parts of Mr Salmond’s claims. “As a member of the parliamentary committee investigating the matter, I am heartily sick of the whole affair,” said the Tory politician. “I am sick of the lies, the evasion, the deceit, the obstruction, and the obfuscation.” Mr Fraser claimed the “whole… Continue reading Feb 2021. Salmond Sturgeon and Scotland Part 6