Summary
Andy Wightman MSP joins the team to share his experiences inside the Salmond committee. Nick, Lynsey, and Phil have a frank discussion with him, as he reveals an insider perspective to the committee which found the First Minister has misled the inquiry in her evidence, and concluded The Scottish government's handling of harassment complaints against Alex Salmond was "seriously flawed". We find out about the independent MSP's reaction to the leaks to the press, hearing evidence from the complainants, and what consequences he believes there should be going forward.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.4 | You're listening to BBC Scotland |
| 0:10.1 | Hi everybody |
| 0:13.8 | It's Wednesday |
| 0:15.0 | It's just after 10 o'clock |
| 0:17.6 | It's not a Thursday |
| 0:18.8 | So clearly this is not a normal episode It's a bonus Because there is a lot going on this. It's not a Thursday, so clearly this is not a normal episode. It's a bonus, |
| 0:22.3 | because there is a lot going on this week. It's been an incredible week in Scottish politics, |
| 0:26.8 | and we have a lot to talk about. I'm Nick Erdley in Edinburgh. Who else is here? |
| 0:33.2 | I'm Lindsay Bues in Glasgow today. And I'm Phil Sim, working from home in North Berwick. |
| 0:38.7 | And we have a guest. |
| 0:40.4 | We have Andy Whiteman, the independent MSP for the next few hours anyway. |
| 0:45.0 | How you doing, Andy? |
| 0:46.1 | Yeah, good, thanks, Nick. |
| 0:47.4 | Thanks so much for coming on. |
| 0:48.7 | And we wanted to talk to you because for the last wee while you've been on the committee looking into how |
| 0:55.2 | the Scottish government investigated harassment claims against Alex Salmond. You're one of the |
| 1:00.5 | people that growled Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon. There's a lot happened this week. Phil, |
| 1:04.9 | do you want to give us just a quick up sum of where we are just to remind everybody and set |
| 1:08.7 | the scene about it? Yeah, so it's after these sort of two, two and a half years now of buildup. |
| 1:13.8 | We've finally sort of come to the climax of all of these investigations and inquiries |
| 1:17.3 | about the Scottish government's handling of these complaints against Alex Salmond. |
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