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Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots as Petiters' Daily Politics Podcast.

I'm Katie Balls and I'm joined by Fraser Nelson and James Versafe.

We're seeing reports that a majority of MSPs on the Alex Salmon Committee have decided that

Nicola Sturgeon did mislead their inquiry. James was still waiting for an official announcement here,

but all current signs seem to be pointing to bad news for the First Minister. Last night,

she came out fighting, suggesting that even if this committee found that she had, it would be

politically motivated.

So how do things look this morning?

I think Nicola Sturgeon's premiership now hinges on what James Hamilton concludes.

This is the lawyer who is looking into the specific question of whether she broke the ministerial

code or not.

Nicholas Sturgeon's defence is, you know, this committee has a pro-independence majority,

but not an SMP majority.

And her line is, you know, this is just politically motivated.

The opposition members of the committee have made up their minds.

From the reports we got last night, it seems it says that she misled Parliament,

but it doesn't make a distinction as to whether she did so

knowingly or not. And the breach of the ministerial code would be if she knowingly misled Parliament.

So I think everything turns on this James Hamilton inquiry. Not that I expect Nicholas Surgeon to

resign if James Hamilton finds against her, but I think if James Hamilton does find against her,

I think it will be

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