Speaking as a long, long time SNP member from a long time family of SNP members from the North-East heartlands, I really wish I could give Alec a huge slap right now. And this is speaking as someone who regards him as the architect of the modern SNP, and who has a lot of respect for him for taking the SNP from a very marginal position to an incredibly strong one.
We simply don't need this drama right now. I get it, he's furious with Sturgeon and all the rest of it, but why is he doing it now? Wouldn't it be better to simply shut up, go away and let the SNP do their thing? He still has his supporters in the SNP, and he would be a powerful voice for independence when it comes to galvanising people. Instead, all he's doing is confusing and manipulating the electorate for no real reason whatsoever.
IMO, Salmond's games are going to cost us the majority for independence. The only hope I have right now is that Salmond will take attention away from the Unionist parties, and if the campaign revolves around independence, then the Unionist parties are going to really, really struggle to have anything to say. Labour and the Lib Dems in particular are lost with the independence question, as no-one knows what Labour actually stand for, while the Lib Dems are largely discredited for doing nothing about their proposals for a federal UK.