ONE of the most depressing features characterising the wider Yes movement in the last two years has been the bitterness that’s developed between the SNP and Alba. We all know its roots lie mainly in the personal enmity that has arisen between Nicola Sturgeon and her political mentor Alex Salmond.
This was perhaps inevitable given the circumstances surrounding the trial of Salmond on serious charges ranging from sexual misconduct to sexual assault and the perceived role that his successor and her closest allies played in this. Salmond, was, of course, cleared of all charges.
The dispassionate observer (of whom there are very few in the Yes movement) could reasonably find fault with the both of the main protagonists. Salmond, though not guilty of any of these charges, by his own admission indulged in conduct over a prolonged period that was highly questionable while he was in public office.
