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Salmond: The art of politics is not to lie

The words supporting Alistair Carmichael from Malcolm Bruce were a β€œvery original defence of his colleague” said a former First Minister of Scotland.

But when pressed over the advice offered to the Scottish government over the future membership of the EU for a newly-independent nation, Alex Salmond claimed This Week presenter Andrew Neil had β€œmisremembered” their previous interview.

Now a Westminster MP, Mr Salmond went back over what he did, or did not, say ahead of the Scottish referendum.

And he claimed the former Lib Dem Scottish secretary had been β€œsmearing” Nicola Sturgeon, but was later β€œfound out about it”.

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