Thanks Ken, very worthwhile posting. I must admit that I didn't always take to Salmond, a bit like with George Galloway - could be blowhards. I particularly didn't like Salmond's close association with Trump and that golf course in Aberdeenshire, that was a misjudgement in my understanding by Salmond- pretty nearly none of the promises made by Trump came to pass, predictably, and Salmond should have known that.

So in your putting the record strait here, Ken, that's much appreciated. Following the failed referendum, he become something of an outlier in Scottish politics, whether that was the success of the "elite" and the press in demonising the man, or whether there was some personal failure I don't know. His Alba Party didn't do very well, perhaps the Scots just perceived him as yesterday's man and no longer relevant?

Your remark about the BBC claiming he's "not showing the best judgement" when with the benefit of hindsight he's been shown to be prescient and moral, staggering lack of self-awareness in the BBC. And as you say, a precursor to the same attitude that brought the Ukraine war.