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The Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross said the Sturgeon-Salmond saga had brought sleaze and scandal to the heart of Scottish politics following the former-First Ministers inquiry appearance.

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Governor Nigel Dakin CMG spoke at the swearing in of the new Cabinet on 24 February 2021.

The former First Minister Alex Salmond is set to give bombshell evidence to a Holyrood inquiry today  Mr Salmond alleges he was victim of a conspiracy by senior SNP figures to force him out of public life  Allies of Mr Salmond insist Nicola Sturgeon could be forced to quit over claims she misled Parliament   She has denied misleading Parliament and says Mr Salmonds allegations are an alternative reality 

The former First Minister Alex Salmond has been giving bombshell evidence to a Holyrood inquiry today  Mr Salmond alleges he was victim of a conspiracy by senior SNP figures to force him out of public life  He lashed out at Nicola Sturgeon for casting doubt on the court verdict that he was innocent of allegations  Mr Salmond insisted his evidence to the committee would not have been censored by the House of Commons He warned leadership failures raised questions about whether Scottish governm...

Alex Salmond’s evidence to a Holyrood committee “poses serious questions for Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish Government”, Jackie Baillie has said. The Scottish Labour MSP, and interim party leader until Saturday, is a member of the Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints which questioned the former first minister for nearly six hours on Friday. During that time Mr Salmond said Scotland’s “leadership has failed” and claims there is “no doubt” Ms St...

Alex Salmond’s evidence to a Holyrood committee “poses serious questions for Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish Government”, Jackie Baillie has said. The Scottish Labour MSP, and interim party leader until Saturday, is a member of the Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints which questioned the former first minister for nearly six hours on Friday. During that time Mr Salmond said Scotland’s “leadership has failed” and claims there is “no doubt” Ms St...

Alex Salmond calls for Nicola Sturgeons husband and the Lord Advocate to consider their positions Salmond called for a spate of resignations in the wake of Governments botched probe into him 18:04, 26 FEB 2021 Peter Murrell, husband of Nicola Sturgeon , is chief executive of the SNP (Image: Getty Images) Our Politics newsletter is now daily. Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. S...

MSPs rounded on Crown Office after it forced parliament to redact submission They called for the Lord Advocate to come before the parliament to explain why Mr Salmond was furious and pulled out of appearing before a Holyrood inquiry Ex-Scottish first minister now expected to appear before committee tomorrow  Allies of Mr Salmond said Nicola Sturgeon could be forced to quit over claims  Meanwhile MSPs slammed the SNP as a cesspit of vipers not fit for Government

Who Is Accountable For Kemi Badenoch’s Public Attack On Our Journalist? Its troubling that a government minister can say what they like with impunity, writes HuffPost UK editor-in-chief Jess Brammar. Some people call it “cancel culture”. Others call it accountability. Rightly or wrongly, your Twitter feed can get you in trouble at work, or worse. But we’ve now learned that members of our government are not held to the same standards as the rest of us. It’s almost a month since Britain...