Alex Salmond interviewed on Supreme Court debacle, refuses to answer funding questions

A less than stellar Alex Salmond, Scotland's First Minister is interviewed on the issue of Scottish criminal cases going to the UK's Supreme Court in London.

Mr Salmond is challenged several times over whether he supported comments from Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill who claimed last week he would withdraw Scottish funding for the Supreme Court, and accused its judges of gaining knowledge of Scots Law only by visiting the Edinburgh Festival. Mr Salmond notably fails to answer in what must be one of his worst performances in an interview on the justice system ever.

Menzies Cambpell QC MP also answers questions on the fundamental errors of Mr Salmond's argument against the Supreme Court intervening in Scottish cases.

Fortunately a team headed by Lord John McCluskey has now been announced to study the issue and report back on what if any changes may be needed to the current system where criminal appeals can go to the Supreme Court in London on Human Rights grounds (ECHR)

Scots should engage in this debate as the right to take an appeal to the Supreme Court in London v taking the several years long route to Europe is a legal write which should not be lost to Scots. The SNP are very much out of step in this debate where Human Rights issues in Scots Law, particularly where there are known to be miscarriages of justice and significant injustice.

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