avanagh, all country, good for "the sun" we had a chance of winning them back and that's totally sure what role he acilitate a meeting or advice. he supported various different sides at various different times. >> okay. mrs. brooks, you may clear from the statement was a friend. may not again be possible to identify the date, but would you have counted her, did you counter amongst your good friends, say, by 2008? >> yes, we were -- we got to ow each other. because of, you know, role in india, my role in politics, we struck up a friendship. that friendship grew even though she was at that stage still, he people still supporting gordon brown and she was quite persona supportive of gordon brown. our relationship got stronger en she married charlie brooks whom i've known for sometimes and is a neighbor. >> she gave some evidence as, if i can put in this way, the quantity -- text messages. ghana ask you this straightforward question? do you agree in general with th gist of her evidence on that matter? [inaudible] spent an