Alex Salmond case has got us all hooked – Helen Martin

For many of our population, the “secret” evidence that couldn’t be revealed in court and the public therefore haven’t yet heard, is not just intriguing, it’s a huge mystery inspiring a vast range of opinions on social media, and division between supporters of the SNP and independence.

Some information the jury had access to influenced their judgement but it’s clear a lot more will be exposed once this viral crisis is over. Were the alleged victims telling the truth? Were they really claiming a man putting a hand on their knee or giving them a kiss was a hideous sex crime? How could a woman claim she was at a dinner when she wasn’t? Were they really all working together with dodgy civil servants? If any of that was the case, who was the mastermind behind the plot?

Did MI5 have anything to do with it? Were opposition parties involved? And could Nicola Sturgeon have any responsibility for the accusations and court case as a means of leaving her the sole leader? Considering he had been her mentor for years and he’d trained her as the next leader, I doubt that.

The truth is something all of us, regardless of our votes, are desperate to discover. Will it damage the SNP, or reveal political and civil service corruption?

One thing I can happily predict, with no doubt at all, is that once we know, the entire world will share because a movie is inevitable – The Bute Impute?