First minister says there are ‘big questions about the appropriateness’ of Salmond’s return to politics
Alex Salmond’s return to politics has been particularly difficult for the women who made complaints against him, Nicola Sturgeon has said, as polling revealed that Salmond’s newly formed Alba party is unlikely to win any seats in May’s Holyrood elections.
Sturgeon said she “didn’t want to spend too much time talking about a party that doesn’t look, on early polling, as if it’s going to get any MSPs elected”, before reiterating her belief that “there are big questions about the appropriateness of his return to public office”.
