// give evidence to-morrow so it's probably best to wait and see what all he says then.//
nope
there are some very odd "rules is rules is rules" going on. The tribunal ( I dont know its status but NOT criminal) says that only people whose evidence is published, can be heard
Easy - dont publish the statement and their evidence cannot be heard. Salmond says he has evidence which is relevant
and the tribunal are showing quite severe reluctance to listen to it.
the tribunal hasnt said that the evidence is actionable - and is usually protected from further action by further rules of the court but it all depends on how the tribunal was set up
The govt officer has said surprisingly that all this ( some of this) is secret govt stuff and must never see the light of day ! Salmond has said that it is an obvious govt cover up
You can see salmonds point
anyone got an URL to the good stuff?
the stuff on the govt site has apparently been redacted ( skewered)
My view?
as an inveterate tormentor of monkeys in cages ( govt ministers that is!) - people in power get in the end so they dont give diddly squat what happened, what the just course is. They just wanna get to the end of their stint, no questions asked, see the queen, get a large pension. go around the country being a sir - no matter who is in prison who shouldnt be ( etc)