Salmond Derangement Syndrome

The main sufferers of this admittedly rare condition are London-based Scots. Fraser, I’m afraid, seems to have come down with a case of SDS if this post is anything to go by. The murder of Linda Norgrove is a ghastly, horrid business that might, one would think, be considered sufficiently awful to be above or beyond politics. Apparently not.

I see nothing wrong far less anything political in the First Minister issuing a statement about the murder of one of his compatriots in Afghanistan. Criticising Salmond for making cheap political capital out of such an awful business is itself a cheap journalistic shot. 

Consider this: if Linda Norgrove had been from Texas no-one would think twice, far less bat even half an eye-lid, were the Governor of Texas to issue a statement noting and condemning her murder. No-one, I think, would suggest it was a matter for the President and Secretary of State alone.