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Scotland: the separatists tear each other apart

2021-02-26T18:01:53.124Z


The settling of scores at the top of the SNP cast a shadow over the organization of a new referendum.


The sling camp is in the midst of civil war.

Two and a half months before the local elections, which should for them pave the way for a new referendum, the Scottish separatists are torn apart.

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The battle brings together the two great figures of the SNP (Scottish National Party), former Prime Minister Alex Salmond and the current head of government, Nicola Sturgeon.

The first accuses the second of having conspired to kill him, orchestrating accusations of sexual assault from which he has since been cleared.

Revenge?

Restoration of honor?

This quarrel where the sordid and the cheap blows mingle risks not serving the nationalist cause.

Holyrood, the Scottish Parliament, is now investigating whether Nicola Sturgeon interfered in the proceedings or lied to her.

"Scotland has not failed, but its leadership has failed,"

Alex Salmond told the parliamentary committee on Friday, accusing the government of

"illegal"

conduct

.

At the beginning of the week, he had denounced

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Source: lefigaro

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