Our Political Editor paulhutcheon says Alex Salmond has wanted to bring down his successor and her husband for years, and their feud lies at the heart of the SNP leadership contest
Former First Minister Salmond has been on the warpath since 2018 when news leaked that the Sturgeon Government had investigated him over alleged sexual harassment.The House of Sturgeon has fallen and Salmond is standing victorious on the rubble.The reality is this is Sturgeon versus Salmond – with allies of the two Nationalist heavyweights interfering behind the scenes.
The resignation of her husband Peter Murrell as SNP chief executive for misleading the media on membership numbers should also be seen in the context of Salmond. A police investigation followed and Salmond ended up going on trial for attempted rape and sexual assault. Most of his targets over the last four years, such as his obsession with former permanent secretary Lesley Evans, have been proxy attacks on the outgoing first minister.
The leadership contest, already a source of great bitterness, has given him and his allies the opportunity to cause trouble on an unprecedented scale. With Sturgeon and her husband in the exit lounge, the plan now is to stop Yousaf from becoming SNP leader and first minister.A Forbes win, aided by the second votes of Regan supporters, could lead to Salmond’s re-entry into the party he led for decades over two separate spells.Her supporters have blatantly supported Yousaf while briefing against Forbes and Regan.
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