right hand woman during the pandemic and for many years prior to that. the inquiry is likely to examine what role she played in terms of guiding, in terms of helping nicola sturgeon, nicola sturgeon has been clear in a statement that was submitted to the inquiry that we have heard about from other witnesses, we haven t seen the statement ourselves, but other witnesses have spoken about nicola sturgeon saying that politicians made the decisions and advisors advised. but i think the inquiry will be keen to explore whether that was really the case. what role liz lloyd played? they know for instance that she made the decisions alongside nicola sturgeon on who would take to the podium sometimes during the daily press briefings. that may sound peripheral to the main decision making process. but if she played a role in those decisions, what role did she play in others? we know that nicola sturgeon also has become what is known as gold command meetings between her and her trusted adv