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He was appointed as an independent advisor to the*Scottish Government*on the ministerial code in 2013 by*Alex Salmond*and was reappointed by*Scottish First Minister*Nicola Sturgeon*in 2015.[3]*He was also appointed to the same role by the*Welsh Government.[4]*In 2017, he concluded that*Welsh First Minister*Carwyn Jones*did not mislead the*Welsh Assembly*over what he knew about bullying allegations at the top level of government.[5]*Hamilton also conducted an investigation into whether Sturgeon had breached the Scottish ministerial code during the Scottish Government's investigation into ***ual harassment complaints made against Salmond.[6]*This was paused in 2019 and resumed in August 2020.[7]*On 23 March 2021, his report was published, concluding that Sturgeon did not breach the ministerial code.
Completely irrelevant as far as I am concerned. The real worry, for me, is the behaviour of her government. I think this is a good result for those who think there is something wrong with our democracy. If Nicola had been found guilty and resigned it might have defle Ted attention from the way that the SNP government has behaved.

Hopeful that Salmond will now put his considerable ability towards continuing his battle. This decision makes things even worse for hi IMOm and I would be surprised if he said sorry etc.
Thank you for your very detailed information about James Hamilton QC which I knew nothing about. He is certainly not independent if he has been an independent adviser to the Scottish Government as far back as 2013. It would be interesting to know if Hamilton has also been on the payroll of the Scottish Government since 2013.
There is no chance of Salmond or any other SNP politicians saying sorry as the word ‘Sorry’ is not included in their vocabulary. I am still waiting for Michael Russell the SNP MSP for Argyll and Bute saying sorry to me for slagging me off by name in a letter to the Ileach newspaper in March 2014. When I sent him an email in January 2020 about me still waiting for him to apologise he said that we should draw a line under this. I told him that was still dining out on his letter to Ileach where he slagged me off for having the cheek to continually write anti independence letters to the Ileach and my reply to him by email.
Fortunately Michael Russell is stepping down and not standing for re-election as the MSP for the Argyll and Bute constituency. Thank goodness as he has been a disaster as an MSP and has done nothing for his constituency.