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SNP braces itself for fallout after Alex Salmond trial as speculation grows about his comeback

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Even before Alex Salmond stood trial for sexual offences, the SNP was struggling to contain its tensions.A wing of the party, frustrated by Nicola Sturgeon’s perceived caution on IndyRef2, was calling for an alternative referendum strategy.The Nationalists are also divided on plans to simplify the process to allow an individual to change gender.But these flashpoints are small beer compared with the vicious fallout that awaits the SNP from Salmond’s acquittal.Salmond is the country’s longest-serving first minister and he led the SNP for nearly a quarter of a century.A sizeable section of the party faithful loves him.He had been accused by nine women, some of whom are in the Government and SNP, of being a sexual predator.

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