FIRST MINISTER Alex Salmond's comments that Glasgow would be "Freedom city" have been criticised by opponents as "chest-beating rhetoric".
The First Minister said in an Evening Times interview yesterday he believed Glasgow would vote Yes and said: "I suppose you could call Glasgow freedom city."
LibDem leader Willie Rennie said: "This is desperate stuff - Alex Salmond is now reverting to type as a chest-beating Braveheart cheerleader.
"This is tired old rhetoric from a desperate politician trying to shore up support. The people of Glasgow have heard it all before."
Patricia Ferguson, Labour MSP for Maryhill and Springburn, said: "These comments are offensive and misleading. Glasgow is already a free city and certainly doesn't need Alex Salmond to liberate it."
A Tory Party spokesman said: "Alex Salmond hailed victory in the city before the 2012 council elections were officially announced and lost, and will be defeated again in September."
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