Murrell's 'Manuel Defence'

I am not one of life's sceptics or a natural conspiracy theorist, but I have to say that Peter Murrell's explanation  that he 'knew nothing' about Alex Salmond making two private visits to his home in 2018 sounds completely absurd.

Nicola Sturgeon has previously claimed that these visits were to do with SNP business and not the Scottish Government, but Peter Murrell is the chief executive of the SNP, as well as Nicola Sturgeon's husband.    

So it simply beggars belief that Peter Murrell turned a blind eye to what was going on because it's not exactly every day that a former First Minister turns up at your front door to have two separate meetings on important SNP business with your wife. 

Read Paul Hutcheon's report via the link below to the Daily Record.  

  

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/nicola-sturgeons-husband-says-not-22655277

Sturgeon's husband says she did not tell him about Alex Salmond sexual misconduct complaints

Peter Murrell said his wife informed him she "couldn’t discuss the details" about her meetings with Salmond on the complaints


By Paul Hutcheon - Daily Record

Sturgeon and Murrell - PA Image

Nicola Sturgeon’s husband has said she did not inform him that sexual misconduct complaints had been made to the Government about Alex Salmond.

Peter Murrell, who is the SNP chief executive, said his wife told him she could not discuss what was talked about at meetings between her and Salmond at the couple’s home.

He said he became aware of the complaints after they were made public in August 2018.

In 2018, the Daily Record revealed that the Government had investigated complaints of sexual misconduct by two women against Salmond.

Salmond took legal action and the internal Government probe was ruled to be unlawful and tainted by apparent bias.

The botched investigation cost the taxpayer over £500,000 and led to a special Holyrood committee being set up.

A key issue being examined by MSPs is contact between Sturgeon and Salmond when the investigation was ongoing. The pair met at Sturgeon’s house and also spoke on the telephone.

She has previously said she met Salmond in her capacity as SNP leader, which put the focus on the party as well as the Government.

Murrell, the SNP’s long standing chief executive, was asked a series of questions by the committee about when he first knew of the complaints and the meetings between his wife and Salmond.

In a response, he said: “I became aware that complaints had been made under the Scottish Government procedure when the matter became public in August 2018.

“I knew about the meetings between Nicola and Alex Salmond at our home on 2 April and 14 July 2018 and I had the sense that something serious was being discussed. Nicola told me she couldn’t discuss the details. The nature of Nicola’s job means that when she tells me she can’t discuss something, I don’t press it.”