i did not hear the answer geoff aberdein gay. the party from the implications of it. that is what my assumption— implications of it. that is what my assumption was. to be clear though, that was— assumption was. to be clear though, that was hot— assumption was. to be clear though, that was not as it turned out what he wanted — that was not as it turned out what he wanted to talk to me about. you had to have — he wanted to talk to me about. you had to have made that assumption in advance _ had to have made that assumption in advance if— had to have made that assumption in advance if you — had to have made that assumption in advance if you thought _ had to have made that assumption in advance if you thought that _ had to have made that assumption in advance if you thought that he - had to have made that assumption in advance if you thought that he was i advance if you thought that he was going _ advance if you thought that he was going to _ advance if you thought that he was going to stand _ advance if you thought that he was going

why would geoff aberdein, is what happened. why would geoff aberdein. a — is what happened. person in - is what happened. why would geoff aberdein, a senior person in the i aberdein, a senior person in the history— aberdein, a senior person in the history of— aberdein, a senior person in the history of the snp, pursuing a career— history of the snp, pursuing a career now in financial services as you are _ career now in financial services as you are aware, why would he give evidence — you are aware, why would he give evidence that was not true? there are differing _ evidence that was not true? there are differing recollections - evidence that was not true? there are differing recollections and i are differing recollections and differing accounts. i can think of why the name of a complainant might have been known at that time. that does not mean it was revealed or identified in the way that has been said and i'm not going to repeat everything i've said about the 2nd of april but mr salmond knew the identity of the complainers in one case because he told me he had apologised to

why would geoff aberdein, a very senior person— would geoff aberdein, a very senior person in— wouldto give evidence that was untrue? | give evidence that was untrue? i have give evidence that was untrue? have not give evidence that was untrue? i have not heard or seen his evidence and i'm very conscious of that. this will be a feature of much of our discussion today. you're talking about personal relationships that go back a long time. the people we're talking about, i have worked with and known and considered friends for and known and considered friends for a long time. i am not here to cast discussions about anybody? sincerity is here but clearly there are differing recollections and different accounts. i can speak more clearly about the conversations i was part of. i am telling you what my understanding is of a conversation i was not part of. in terms of, clearly, a couple of things, you know this because you are a lawyer, people who are told about something that happened in a conversation necessary part of that, it is hearsay evidence, in terms of who cooperates, you have to loo

was alex salmond's former chief of staff, geoff aberdein, given the name of one of the women who had mr salmond's lodged a formal complaint today but nicola sturgeon doesn't accept that is what happened. why would geoff aberdein, a very senior person in the history of the snp, pursuing a career now in financial services as you're aware, why would he give evidence that was untrue? there are differing recollections and differing accounts. i can think of why the name of a complainant might have been known at that time. that does not mean it was revealed or identified in the way that has been said and i'm not going to repeat everything i've said about the 2nd of april, but mr salmond knew the identity of both complainers — in one case because, as he told me, he had apologised to her. that's my recollection of how he knew that complainer, and the other, because he'd done his own investigations to find out. last week, alex salmond sat here accusing ms sturgeon and her allies of turning against him. i don't know whether he ever reflects on the fact that many of us including me feel very let

was alex salmond's former chief of staff, geoff aberdein, given the name of one of the women who haduing a career now in financial services, in financial services, as you are aware, why would he give evidence that was not true? there are differing recollections and differing accounts. i can think of why the name of a complainant might have been known at that time. that does not mean it was revealed or identified in the way that has been said, and i'm not going to repeat everything i've said about the 2nd of april, but mr salmond knew the identity of the complainers in one case because he told me he had apologised to her. that is my recollection of how he knew that complainer and the other because he had done his own investigations to find out. last week, alex salmond sat here accusing nicola sturgeon and her allies of turning against him. i don't know whether he ever reflects on the fact that many of us including me feel very let down by him, and that is a matter of deep personal pain and regret for me. i probably should stop there. nicola sturgeon is under intense political pressure

was alex salmond's former chief of staff, geoff aberdein, given the name of one of the women who had. mr salmond has lodged a formal complaint today, but nicola sturgeon does not accept that is what happened. why would geoff aberdein, a senior person in the history of the snp, now pursuing a career now in financial services, pursuing a career fiow in financial services, as you are aware, why would he give evidence that was not true? there are differing recollections and differing accounts. i can think of why the name of a complainant might have been known at that time. that does not mean it was revealed or identified in the way that has been said, and i'm not going to repeat everything i've said about the 2nd of april, but mr salmond knew the identity of the complainers in one case because he told me he had apologised to her. that is my recollection of how he knew that complainer and the other because he had done his own investigations to find out. last week, alex salmond sat here accusing nicola sturgeon and her allies of turning against him. i don't know whether he ever reflects on