Can Nicola Sturgeon put Salmond case behind her?

Scottish Tories insist she is not ‘free and clear’ but no confidence vote expected to fail

Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon leaves her home ahead of the Hamilton report’s publication
(Image credit: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

In the space of 24 hours, two reports on the Sturgeon-Salmond affair have been released, with what appear to be two opposing conclusions.

The first, an independent report from James Hamilton, former head of Ireland’s public prosecution service, yesterday cleared Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon of breaching the ministerial code in her response to sexual harassment complaints against her predecessor Alex Salmond.

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