• Ex-First Minister Alex Salmond arrested
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-46984747 Former Scotland First Minister Alex Salmond has been arrested by police. Police Scotland confirmed that a 64-year-old man had been charged and said a report would be sent to prosecutors. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.
Impossible to know until we get more details but I assume this is about the sexual assault allegations that were turned up after the Scottish Government did an initiative last year to get people to come forward about such incidents.
I'd imagine that's the most likely thing. There is some not-very-well-proven claims about Russian ties as well but I highly doubt if that was even the case the UK would do anything about it.
Was told by people who had known in him in his work mode that he's a slimy bastard to most women he encounters, wouldn't be shocked if that's why he's been arrested.
When I worked for the Civil Service I encountered two people who had worked with Salmond, one who couldn't stop talking about what a great guy he was and the other who kept shit talking about how creepy he was constantly, this was long before the allegations came out. Of course being a Civil Servant I couldn't say anything either way.
Holy shit, 14 counts included attempted rape and sexual assault https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-46984747
https://metro.co.uk/2019/01/24/alex-salmond-charged-two-attempted-rapes-nine-sexual-assaults-8386919/
Christ, I knew he was creepy but...
FREEDOM My brother served him food in a small town called Tain, a royal borough with famous distilleries, he never really had much to say about him though. Personally I never got that impression when I saw him round staff either but he may have been good at hiding it when he'd emptied his load
I had a fair amount of respect for him when the Indy ref was held for fighting for what he believed in, but it's been all downhill from there between hosting a Russian propaganda show and now this, I guess I just didn't know that much about him
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