Alex Salmond: SNP ‘incompetence’ in power ‘hindered’ cause of independence
by Katrine Bussey
May 09, 2024
2 minutes
The SNP’s “incompetence” in government has “hindered” the cause of Scottish independence, former party leader and ex- Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has claimed.
Mr Salmond also said there is no way “immediately” for another independence referendum to be held, as he criticised his successor, Nicola Sturgeon, for her “ill-fated, kamikaze” Supreme Court case on the issue.
During Ms Sturgeon’s time as first went to the Supreme Court to see if it could hold another ballot on the future of the union without Westminster’s consent.
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