Leader: Loudness of Attempt to Defend Sturgeon Speaks Volumes

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THERE is a new rule in Scottish politics: the louder Alex Salmond becomes during First Minister's Questions at Holyrood, the deeper he and his ground-breaking Nationalist administration are in trouble.

Yesterday Mr Salmond turned in a performance of high volume condemnation of the united Unionist front that questioned the actions of his deputy, Nicola Sturgeon, in supporting serial fraudster Abdul Rauf. The conclusion is obvious.

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Leader: Loudness of Attempt to Defend Sturgeon Speaks Volumes

Labour, the Tories and the Liberals provoked this display of braggadocio by seeking to elicit the First Minister's views on Ms Sturgeon's plea for leniency on behalf of Rauf, who defrauded the Department of Work and Pensions of GBP 80,000.

Mr Salmond refused to say...

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