First, the committee tried not to publish Alex Salmond’s full evidence against Nicola Sturgeon citing legal reasons. That defence fell apart when The Spectator went to the High Court. Then, outrageously, the Crown Office (Scotland’s state prosecutors) told the committee to censor Salmond’s evidence. Leading to a question: what on earth was it playing at by interfering… Continue reading Mar 2021. The Salmond Sturgeon Saga Part 2
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Mar 2021. The Salmond Sturgeon Saga Part 1
It’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up: just as Watergate exposed the workings of the Nixon White House the Salmond inquiry is giving the world a glimpse of how the SNP works in Edinburgh. And how the SNP-led committee investigating Nicola Sturgeon is shameless in its determination to rig the system. https://rumble.com/verrnl-the-salmond-sturgeon-saga-part-1.html
Feb 2021. Salmond Sturgeon and Scotland Part 12
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
Feb 2021. Salmond at the Holyrood Inquiry
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
Feb 2021. Salmond Sturgeon and Scotland Part 11
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
Feb 2021. Salmond Sturgeon and Scotland Part 10
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
Feb 2021. Sturgeon claims Institutions are at Risk
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
Feb 2021. 1788. Salmond Sturgeon and Scotland Part 9
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
Feb 2021. Salmond Sturgeon and Scotland Part 8
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
Feb 2021. Salmond Sturgeon and Scotland Part 7
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