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Whatever the truth ... secrecy is bad for Scotland

The First Minister, Alex Salmond, has been in office now for more than five years, but last week was, by common agreement his most difficult yet.

The SNP leader was accused of being a "bare-faced liar" by Labour over his account of the Government's legal advice on the complex matter of whether or not Scotland would be allowed to remain in the European Union after independence.

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