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"These scandals are not storms in a teacup, mind — not the kind of confected nonsense Nicola Sturgeon was referring to when she said, in her last speech to Holyrood: 'If everything is an outrage, nothing is.' Who knows if she was aware Jordan Linden was about to be found guilty of five sexual assaults against young men when she delivered. "But no-one could reasonably claim the SNP’s attempts to cover up his predatory behaviour over the course of a decade is trivial. Linden carried out some of his offences while chair of the Scottish Youth Parliament, and rose to be leader of North Lanarkshire Council. When complaints were made, his behaviour was ignored or downplayed as 'just Jordan being Jordan'. "If it wasn’t for the bravery of his victims and the doggedness of journalist Hannah Rodger, he would still be in a position to target teenagers. And yet, even when presented with the verdict, and evidence that his council deputy Tracy Carragher was one of those who was aware of the complaints, and did nothing, John Swinney appeared reluctant to move against her. "Only when the external pressure became too great to resist, was she finally removed as a list candidate for the Central Scotland and Lothians West region, all of which begs the question: if you tolerate this, what won’t you tolerate?" || Dani Garavelli 👇