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JOHN Swinney has admitted the Scottish Government had “reservations” about defending its costly legal fight with Alex Salmond months before it…

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 22:20 UTC Former First Minister uses six-hour evidence session to detail claims that there was a malicious plan against him Alex Salmond had not spoken publicly for almost a year, since the day last March. Keeping quiet, the former First Minister acknowledged in his opening remarks, had not "hitherto been my normal policy". "I said nothing... today, that changes," he said. Over the next six hours, he set out a series of remarkable claims about what he described as a "malicious ...

BORIS Johnson “can’t believe his luck” over the feud between Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon, Henry McLeish has said.

  Iain Macwhirter: Salmonds thunderous masterclass was not so much a smoking gun as a barrage of cannonfire PREMIUM Former first minister Alex Salmond is sworn in before giving evidence to a Scottish Parliament Harassment committee, at Holyrood in Edinburgh, examining the handling of harassment allegations him. Picture date: Friday February 26, 2021. PA Photo. See PA s If nothing else, it was a masterclass in how to present a case. Alex Salmond’s six-hour Holyrood epic was coherent, unemot...

The majority of people in Scotland no longer want to break away from the UK, a bombshell survey has found. It is the first time in 22 consecutive polls that a Yes vote has not been favoured.

This article is more than 1 month old The question animating strategists of all parties is whether this is the beginning of the end for the SNP’s hegemony in Scotland Say hello, wave goodbye: Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond when they were close comrades rather than mortal enemies. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA Say hello, wave goodbye: Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond when they were close comrades rather than mortal enemies. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA Sun 28 Feb 2021 03.45 EST When old f...

The inquiry is expected to request a cache of documents from Mr Salmond's solicitors that he claimed proved there was a plot against him.

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.

ALEX Salmond has admitted Scotland is not fit to be independent because the leadership of the country, civil service and Crown Office have failed.

Murdo Fraser said allegations Ms Sturgeon breached the ministerial code could prove fatal for her leadership