Salmond may, or may not, be an incompetent administor-in-chief (I have no way of knowing) but he is the ONLY leader of a political party who provides me with a clear answer to the questions he is actually asked in TV/radio interviews. If clarity of speech (and writing) is linked to clarity of thought - and I think this is reasonably plausible - then this is a good sign. On the other hand, I suppose his enemies will say it is because he has learned his lines better than the dopes at Westminster.