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Never
mind
theguality
THE
Edinburgh-basedScotsman
news-
paper
has
only
a
small
circulation.
But
it
likes
to
see
itself
asaserious
and
important
quality
paper.
Inreality,however,
.it
talks
a
load
of
twnddle.
The
Sun
beat
every
other
paper
to
Scotland's
top
story
last
week.
We
revealed
how
a
man
sus-
§"
pected
of
the
Fettes
police
HQ
break-in,
conned
top
QC
William
Nimmo
,Smith
into
spilling
the
beans
on
his
probe
into
~ n
al-
'===_~=====:
eged
gay
ring
in
top
legal
circles."
We
can,understand
The
Scotsman's
frustration
at
missing
a
storywhich
happened
on
its
own
"doorstep.
,,
But
what
is
beyond
belief
is
the'
way
the
paper
attacks
uS
in.
al1-
editorial.
It
claims
we
"gleefully
drove
a
coach
and
horses"-
through
news-
paper
ethics.'
'
It
talks
of
misrepresentation
and
subterfuge.
Scandal
It
suggests
our
story
was
worth
less,
and
The
Sun
and
the
suspect
somehow
plotted
to
undermine
Mr
Nimmo
Smith.
Just
what
sort
of
a
dreamland
E
d o ~ , t h e s e
.
people
hvem?
' ~ '
~
Our
story
dealt
witha
scandai§
§
,at
the,
very,
heart
of
t h e : ~ '
'E
establishment.
;'"
;:,
§
Its
interest
and
importance"
§
spreads
far
beyond
Edinburgh.
E'
Since
The
Scotsman
is
clearly
§
unused
to
recQgnising
facts,
'-¥e
§will
help
it
by
spelling
out
a:
f e w ~
§,
Fact:
We,
did
not
conspire
With'
'E
the
suspect.
He
approached,
us
§only
AFTER
he
had
spoken
with
,:
NimmoSmith.
,'
~ ,
Fact:
Politicians
from'
all
par
E
ties
-
including
Labour's
tireless
§
Tam
Dalyell
-
felt
our
story
was
E
in
the
publicinterest.
§
Fact:
Sir
Nicholas
Fairbairn
QC,
E
afOrmer
Solicitor
General
for
§
Scotland,
thinks
our
revelations
§
are
so
irnportant
the
inquiry
§
should
,be
scrapped.
1_
Conman
1'hp
Srntsman
claims
the
inci-
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