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Hammer of the Scots

THE insults flew thick and fast after Alex Salmond's remarkable interview on the UK Supreme Court appeared in Holyrood magazine last week.

The First Minister’s attack on the court’s role in Scottish criminal law, such as its recent quashing of Nat Fraser’s murder conviction on human rights grounds, was not a surprise. Salmond has been livid with the court and its politically awkward decisions for months.