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“They saw Mr Salmond, cross examined, precisely denying that  the alleged  behaviour happened.  “The jury saw and heard prosecution witnesses under cross examination.  “The jury’s conclusion, with a majority of women on it, was to acquit Mr Salmond.   “If as the First Minister states the jury’s verdict means that the complaints they had before them in evidence did in fact happen, then the only logical conclusion you can draw from her words is that the jury was wrong in...

SCOTLAND’S top prosecutor is facing mounting questions over his role in the Alex Salmond inquiry after the former First Minister’s evidence was…

Fury at Scottish cover-up Liam Fox: This would be a damning indictment in a tinpot dictatorship, but this is happening in a part of the United Kingdom. Given that the Scottish Parliament derives its authority from legislation passed in this Parliament, what mechanisms do we have to ensure that the conduct of the Scottish Government does not bring politics in the whole of the United Kingdom into international disrepute? Law professor Alistair Bonnington; degeneration of the Crown into what appea...

Ewan Gurr: Release of information regarding Alex Salmond case has everything to do with politics and nothing to do with legal process

ALEX Salmond has pulled out of tomorrows Holyrood harassment inquiry after the Scottish Parliament’s Corporate Body pulled parts of his evidence…

Boris Johnson’s backing for the home secretary despite evidence of bullying means ministers now have to meet a lower standard of conduct than civil se...

NICOLA Sturgeon has said Alex Salmond doesn’t have a “shred of evidence” of a conspiracy against him.

Salmond inquiry: Sturgeon told buck stops with her not fall-guys NICOLA Sturgeon must carry the can for the Alex Salmond affair, the Scottish Tories have said, after reports her underlings are being lined up for the chop. The Tories said the buck had to stop with the First Minister for high-level failings, and she should not be allowed to pass responsibility to a series of fall-guys. It followed reports that the Scottish Government’s top official, the Permanent Secretary Leslie Evans, w...

BBC News Published image copyrightPA Media The High Court must overturn Boris Johnsons decision that Home Secretary Priti Patel did not breach government rules on behaviour, a union says. The prime minister decided not to sack Ms Patel last year after a report found evidence of "bullying" and "some occasions of shouting and swearing". Mr Johnson backed Ms Patel, saying she had not broken the Ministerial Code. The FDA union, which represents senior civil servants, said this reaction had "undermi...