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Going, going, gone...inside the SNP’s ‘lunchgate’ auction

Despite its out-of-the-way location in an anonymous warehouse district south of the River Clyde, the Kabana restaurant and function hall was packed last Tuesday night.

Around 200 guests, most from Glasgow’s Asian community, had gathered to see two of the biggest beasts of Scottish politics, First Minister Alex Salmond and his deputy, Nicola Sturgeon.

The SNP had turned out in force.