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Alex Salmond: A politician who loved creating headlines

He had a love/hate relationship with the BBC. He loved when he was offered a prestigious spot on a network show like Question Time, especially when his political career was in decline.

At other times, he would rage against output he did not like.

He was not happy that I interviewed, anonymously, one of the women who had accused him of sexual offences in court, after he had been acquitted of all charges.

It was not an attempt to re-try the case but a response to his claims of a political conspiracy. I am not sure he forgave me for that.

I travelled with him to Europe, the United States and China. I remember him turning up uncharacteristically early at the Forbidden City in Beijing to meet China’s vice-premier and finding himself locked out.

It would have made powerful TV footage but I don’t think we got it on camera. He thought we had captured this embarrassing moment and gave me a private briefing and a couple of scoops in the hope I wouldn’t use it.


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