So just been released from a confidentiality promise (which I never break it's an extreme introvert trait) re Humza Yousaf and morality well in his case immorality. It was well known at Yes Scotland that Yousaf and Qaisar were having an affair His then wife worked on top desk/ PA to Blair Jenkins 🙄Took her until early 2016 to work out what was going on She confronted him and he asked her if she would hold off filing for divorce until after the 2016 Holyrood election She agreed 🙄 But tell me who treats someone like that An immoral horror of a human/

Ok today's thread. Earlyish August 2014 Yes and No were invited to BBC HQ at Pacific Quay to thrash out details for the planned BBC's Big Debate for thousands of 15/17 year olds at Glasgow's Hydro. Now until the day of the meeting Blair Jenkins and one of the Fleet St old timers/ were slated to go, about an hour before the late morning meeting Blair turned to me asked if I would come alomg, aye why not, so we get a taxi from Hope St. On arrival we were shown into a wee room where we were instructed to flesh out what our red lines were; I proposed two/

So ahead of today's main 🧵for fun my top 10 of the #indyref pops.
1/Andrew Fairlie 🙏Out at 55 Truly the best of us, there he was in 2014 running the 5 ⭐️Gleneagles restaurant ''Alison call me anytime you want and if I can I'll help out with interviews'' True gent, so humble/ This won't be popular and I know he can be rather pompous in public BUT privately different, so
2/ Pat Kane, he really put in a shift in 2014, could not have been more helpful, did everything he could to lessen my workload, which was eh rather heavy/

Here my Murrell 2014 thread. Now you may remember 'Yes Scotland' (eh #SNP HQ) were going to launch at intervals 3 billboards featuring a woman, started as a baby. Anyway ahead of the first billboard launch I'd a call from #Newsnight London saying they were heading to #Edinburgh/ For a 'Yes' focussed package, I'd already set them up for an interview with the Yes shop in Easter Rd from memory anyhoo could I tell them the locations of the billboards.I of course said yes, I'd get that detail for them. Turned to Blair J on the top table adjacent to/

As promised my yarn on Shirley Anne Somerville from 2014. I worked on the Yes Scotland Media desk and was responsible for all broadcast bids, neither the two old Fleet St lads or Salmond's right hand man Kevin J Pringle could be bothered with all the logistics/ that you're required to deal with on top of securing an interview. From early August 2014 I was being asked by the big broadcasters, BBC, Sky, ITV where the post vote 'party' was taking place for Yes, they need to know well in advance so they can ensure they have the right rig/