Scotsman editor hits back at Alex Salmond over 'ill-informed attack'

Ex-SNP leader’s criticism of newspaper as ‘irrelevant’ sparks anger as he mounts bid to become chair of parent companyThe editor of the Scotsman has accused Alex Salmond of being ill-informed and ignorant after the former Scottish first minister described the newspaper as being irrelevant.Salmond, who has joined an activist investor seeking to make him chair of the Scotsman’s parent company, Johnston Press, had been quoted as saying that “for the first time in its 2