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Secretary of State for Scotland Alister Jack has given evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry in Edinburgh. After watching Nicola Sturgeon’s emotional evidence to the inquiry on Wednesday, Alister Jack said he “didn’t believe it for a minute”. Jamie Dawson KC asked Mr Jack: “Did your pre-existing assumptions result in you failing to believe she could do that (set aside political convictions about independence)?” He replied: “I watched that evidence from yesterday and I didn’t believe it for a minute. “I think Nicola Sturgeon could cry from one eye if she wanted to.”