Unsmoked Salmond

The SNP does not permit its members to take seats in the House of Lords. But Alex Salmond is no longer a member of the SNP. Think on. 

Four things are now greatly to be hoped. 

First, that the BBC, and Kirsty Wark personally, are about to be sued to Kingdom Come by Salmond. 

Secondly, that Salmond is to top the list of the Alliance for Independence in Glasgow, where the SNP has no realistic hope of a list seat. 

Thirdly, that either Craig Murray or Mark Hirst is to contest Glasgow Southside as an Independent against Nicola Sturgeon. 

And fourthly, that the voters of Scotland are going to vote for whoever was best placed to defeat the SNP in each constituency, while giving their list votes to the Alliance for Unity.