David Torrance: Here come are the

snp champagne nationalists

Bell was referring to stories concerning property portfolios and undeclared business interests, generating a picture, as he put it, “of bustling aspirational types who see no wrong in getting rich”. Indeed, barely a week goes by without such reports featuring Alex Salmond, who’s fast becoming the Tony Blair of the SNP, apparently on a ceaseless quest to increase his income, almost as if he was a freelancer rather than a full-time MP