A foot in both camps

A round trip of some 800 miles to have one's cake and eat it will seem excessive to many people; not to Alex Salmond, however. Politicians crave power and the SNP leader is no different. The extent to which he might be prepared to go to make and influence policy that not only changes people's lives but also the future ordering of the United Kingdom is revealed by The Herald today. Party sources tell this newspaper that Mr Salmond is giving serious thought to remaining an MP at Westminster after the next general election even if he becomes Scotland's First Minister in the wake of May's Holyrood poll.