It's time Alex Salmond grew up too. Susan Dalgety, deputy leader of Edinburgh Council, also compared them to the Omagh bombers. She said the butchery of Omagh and the deaths of children showed where nationalism could lead. But it is understood she stood by her astonishing remarks until horrified party chiefs ordered her to withdraw them. Mrs Dalgety's outburst came in her weekly column for an Edinburgh newspaper.
Innocent children die.
There is no hiding the fact that nationalism is the last refuge of the narrow-minded bully. Mrs Dalgety is known to have ambitions to become leader of Edinburgh Council if the current leader, Keith Geddes, wins a seat in the Scottish Parliament. But yesterday's attack on the SNP infuriated Labour bosses and will cast doubt over her political future. The councillor has sparked outrage before by breaching royal protocol. In a column earlier this year, she revealed that the Queen had done a joke impression of fiery Ulster Loyalist politician Ian Paisley during a visit to Edinburgh city chambers.