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The National’s latest journalistic triumph

2 December 2024

6:10 PM

2 December 2024

6:10 PM

Oh dear. It seems that Scotland’s self-identifying ‘newspaper’ is at it again. On Saturday, the great and the good of Edinburgh gathered to say farewell to Alex Salmond at St Giles’ Cathedral. Among those who assembled at the memorial service was First Minister John Swinney who – unlike his predecessors Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf – at least had the decency to turn up.

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