Nicola Sturgeon has sparked an explosive new political row with Alex Salmond’s family after claiming in her memoirs that he tried to ‘destroy’ her.
In extracts from her book – for which she will receive £300,000 – Ms Sturgeon alleges Mr Salmond sought revenge after she refused to intervene in the internal Scottish Government probe into allegations of sexual misconduct against him.
She also denied the existence of any conspiracy against the former First Minister in claims that have reignited the bitter war of words between Ms Sturgeon and the late Mr Salmond’s allies. Last night Kenny MacAskill, a former SNP Justice Secretary and close friend of the Salmond family, accused Ms Sturgeon of trying to ‘rewrite history’ and ‘distorting the truth.’ He added: ‘History will judge her cruelly.’
In the latest extracts from her book, Frankly, which is released this week, she also accuses her political mentor of becoming ‘cold’ soon after learning of the claims against him and how she later formed the view he would rather see the SNP collapse than have it ‘succeed without him’.
The astonishingly candid claims come less than a year after the former first minister died, aged 69, during an appearance at an event in North Macedonia.
