Righteous indignation is defined as profound anger triggered by a perceived injustice, immorality, or unfair treatment of others.

That is what we witnessed from John Swinney in Holyrood last week.

His fury exploded after both the Tories and Labour attacked the Scottish Government’s chief law officer, Dorothy Bain, who sits alongside the First Minister in her Cabinet role of Lord Advocate.

The opposition parties effectively said she and the Scottish Government are corrupt because she wrote a note to the FM as part of her job.

She was letting him know about a significant development – the serving of an indictment – in the Cown’s case against former SNP Chief Executive Peter Murrell.

This case is of the highest public interest, so she reminded him that he and fellow ministers should be aware of contempt of court while including the detail that Murrell is accused of embezzling £460k.

Her note was sent on January 19, with details of the indictment becoming public on February 13. According to both Anas Sarwar and Russell Findlay, those 25 days handed “a significant political advantage” to the SNP ahead of May’s election.

John Swinney was told accurate ballpark figure

Like poundshop Perry Masons they claimed this was proof of........

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