Fergus Ewing: Alex Salmond case is ‘scandal of our age’

To Glasgow’s Science Centre, where on Saturday Scotland’s former first minister Alex Salmond brought together a whole host of pro-indy voices for a nationalist natter. Featuring former SNP MPs Joanna Cherry, Alex Neil and Dr Philippa Whitford as well as online blogger Stuart Campbell (aka. Wings Over Scotland), Salmond’s ‘The Ayes Still Have It!’ was presented to an enthusiastic crowd. But for Mr S, there was one interview in particular that rather stood out…

SNP MSP Fergus Ewing has made headlines in recent months for his overt criticism of his own party – and on Saturday, the Inverness and Nairn politician was certainly pulling no punches. Bringing his segment to a close in a typically unforgettable fashion, Ewing turned to the matter of Salmond’s legal case against the Scottish government over the handling of sexual misconduct allegations made against him. The backbencher has previously claimed that ‘at least six senior officials in the Scottish civil service, and current or former special advisers’ have questions to answer over the matter – and on Saturday insisted there remain ‘the gravest of questions to answer’ about Salmond’s treatment by the SNP lot.