Following the trial of Alex Salmond the former deputy leader of the SNP has said the trial of the SNP is yet to begin and has predicted a “volcanic eruption” once Alex Salmond’s book is released. Jim Sillars has claimed that something “new” and “untainted” may have to replace the SNP as a result.
Mr Salmond was the Scottish First Minister between 2007 and 2014 and was cleared at a trial in March of sexually assaulting nine women.
Mr Sillar says in the forthcoming issue of the Scottish Left Review: “The criminal trial of Alex Salmond may be over, but the trial of the SNP both at party and parliamentary level is yet to begin. It is unavoidable. The book he is writing, with the material he was not allowed to produce at trial, but which has all the authenticity of Scottish government and SNP party documents, will be like a volcano going off underneath some people. Some whose identities I and others know, but cannot name, must tremble at the prospect of what is to come. There could be another police investigation, this time not into Alex Salmond”.
Jim Sillars has also suggested the SNP’s existence is not guaranteed amid the fallout: “The independence movement is not just the SNP, but the movement as a whole has much invested in the party as the instrument to achieve democratic success. As the rot is uncovered, the temptation – already being thought of by some will be to set up something new, untainted, in its place”.
It is currently unclear when this book will be released and it is likely to encounter significant legal battles before release.
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