A former adviser to Alex Salmond who was a witness for the defence during his trial has branded him a "creep". Alex Bell, who was Mr Salmond's head of policy when he was first minister, said the former SNP leade r is now set on proving there was a conspiracy from within the party to damage his reputation.
According to Bell, the SNP has been split into "two camps" - with Nicola Sturgeon on one side and Mr Salmond the other.He claimed there will be a proxy war in the selection battle in Edinburgh Central between Angus Robertson and Joanna Cherry.The former adviser said the two sides "can only tear each other apart".Bell wrote in The Courier: "When your best defence is 'I'm sleazy but not criminal', it's nothing to smile about."But the
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