Holyrood has been asked to withdraw or redact claims about Salmond’s former colleagues, sources say

The Crown Office has warned the Scottish parliament it has “grave concerns” about the publication of new claims by Alex Salmond that there was a “malicious and concerted” attempt by former colleagues to banish him from public life.

The Crown Office, Scotland’s prosecution service, wrote to Holyrood late last night after it published some explosive allegations by Salmond that Scottish National party and government figures wanted to destroy his reputation “even to the extent of having me imprisoned”.

Continue reading…

You May Also Like

Football charity sees Covid crisis hitting the poorest hardest

Jack Reynolds from Football Beyond Borders tells of the uphill struggles facing…

Thousands march through central London to call for a free Palestine

Protesters shrug off the home secretary’s warning that waving the Palestinian flag…

The new frontline for conspiracy theorists: how Victorian councils were driven online to avoid chaos

Extremism expert Josh Roose says the federal government should step in to…