MURDO Fraser has come under fire for saying John Swinney had a metaphorical gun to his head over the publication of legal advice in the Alex Salmond inquiry. The case, which Salmond ultimately won, cost the taxpayer more than half a million pounds. Calls for the Scottish Government to publish the legal advice it received in the run up to that court ruling came to a head this week. All four of the opposition parties in Holyrood signalled they would support a Tory motion of no confidence in Swinney in an effort to force the publication of the legal advice.
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The investigation was found to be unlawful and tainted by apparent bias
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They advised conceding Salmond s petition months before battle collapsed
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