Alex Salmond has suggested that weak and incompetent leadership of Scotland’s institutions could undermine the case for independence, in a bitter attack on his former allies and party. Salmond told a Holyrood inquiry he had sought independence “all my political life”. Before being closely questioned over six hours of testimony, Salmond told the committee he did not agree with those who claimed Scotland was “in danger of becoming a failed state”. Democratic accountability through parliament matters. Salmond made these allegations before the cross-party Holyrood inquiry investigating the Scottish government’s internal inquiry into misconduct complaints against him in 2018.

Source: The Guardian February 26, 2021 18:21 UTC