Fresh calls for Salmond to quit his RT show ‘as a service to Scotland’
Alex Salmond should quit his TV show on Russian-state funded broadcaster RT as a “great service to Scotland”, according to Scottish Secretary David Mundell.
The UK cabinet minister also hit out at Mr Salmond’s use of a crowd-funding campaign to raise more than £100,000 to pay for his legal case over sexual harassment claims.
Mr Salmond is facing renewed pressure to quit his show on RT, following the latest revelations of Russian involvement in the Salisbury poisonings. At the time of the poisonings, Mr
Salmond refused to criticise Russia on his show and instead warned that the UK would have to come up with a “comprehensive” and “cast iron” case to get the international community on board.
Yesterday Mr Mundell said: “I think Alex Salmond’s approach to Russian television has been appalling from the start. It was ill-advised, it certainly didn’t put the interests of Scotland or the United Kingdom to the fore.
“I think it’s become increasingly clear that Mr Salmond has only one guiding principle in his actions and that’s self. I think he would do Scotland, himself and the whole country a great service if he were to end his programme.”
Mr Salmond has faced previous calls to quit his RT (formerly Russia Today) show amid claims the broadcaster is effectively a propaganda outlet for the Russain state.