
- 384 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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About this book
"Essential reading" – The Spectator
"Compelling" – Times Scotland
"Timely, important, compelling" – Bella Caledonia
"A gripping story of power games and hubris" – The Observer
"Reads like a thriller" – Iain Dale
"All of this is raw meat to ravenous journalists, and in Break-Up David Clegg and Kieran Andrews go at it with gusto" – Literary Review
"A forensic examination of the Salmond saga" – Sunday Times
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Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon's political partnership changed the face of Scotland, bringing the country to within 200,000 votes of independence and holding sway at Holyrood for more than a decade. So how and why has their thirty-year alliance irretrievably broken down?
Break-Up tells the inside story of how the once unbreakable unity of the Scottish National Party was ripped apart amid shocking claims of sexual assault. With unrivalled access to both camps and the women who made the allegations, and with rigorously fair-minded reporting, journalists David Clegg and Kieran Andrews go behind the headlines to uncover the truth about this extraordinary episode, in a piece of political history that reads like a thriller.
Now fully updated, this is a jaw-dropping tale of inappropriate behaviour in the highest reaches of power, of lies, distrust and alleged conspiracy, with profound implications not only for Salmond and Sturgeon themselves but for Scotland's governing party and the wider independence campaign.
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Table of contents
- Praise
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Authors’ Note
- Key Characters
- Prologue: For the Record
- Chapter 1: The Friendship
- Chapter 2: In Power
- Chapter 3: Bute House
- Chapter 4: The Dream Shall Never Die
- Chapter 5: A New Hope
- Chapter 6: From Russia with Love
- Chapter 7: #MeToo
- Chapter 8: The Decision Report
- Chapter 9: Accused
- Chapter 10: Tainted by Apparent Bias
- Chapter 11: Operation Diem
- Chapter 12: Salmond on Trial
- Chapter 13: Women on Trial
- Chapter 14: Sturgeon on Trial
- Chapter 15: Alba
- Conclusion: Because of the Prize
- Afterword: A Duty of Transparency
- Timeline
- Appendix: The Decision Report
- Acknowledgements
- About the Authors
- Copyright