[ritchiebaby]

Friday was all about Alex and he will make sure it's always all about him. Yesterday it was all about Nicola and she wants to get on with other matters. There's no doubt in my mind that the procedures were perfectly correct, but it was the application of the procedures that was to blame for the current pantomime. The Scottish Government and/or Civil Service were at fault and Nicola made it clear that any such fault could not be laid at her door - it wisnae me, it was a big lad that did it and run away.

The problem for the committee is sorting the wheat from the chaff and only considering the relevant parts of the evidence given.