leitch, cheerfully admitting that you as health minister were "winging it" and you worried you'll get found out sooner rather than later. you've described that as "jocular". do you think the scottish people feel that way about it? i think people understand that private messages were intended to be that. you're far more flippant, colloquial in private messages between colleagues... but "winging it". .. ..or between friends. ..in a pandemic where thousands of scottish people...? it was talking about one interview, stephen, so let's not overhype. i mean, i've chapped a number of doors, talked to a number of people on the doorsteps, and, amazingly, not a single person has referenced the whatsapp conversations... well, it's sort of interesting you say that, cos, again, i know as a politician, you keep an eye on polling on specific matters. according to polling on health, 56% of scots say that the snp has done a poor or a bad job on health, 22% saying they have positive feelings about. and the point is that you were health minister, so this is very relevant to you. so a few things to say. f