Am I missing something here?
The SNP's sole reason for being is to bring about an independent Scotland, and Salmond's new party's reason for being is to bring about an independent Scotland.
Is this just a fit of pique by Salmond?
Mrs Murrell is deeply irritating, and she's managed to swerve her wrongdoing, but I genuinely don't get why there'd need to be two parties who ultimately want the same thing.
Merely as a by the way, I'd trust Mr Murrell as far as I could spit a dead rat, yet he seems quite popular.