John Swinney says he also intervened to stop Alex Salmond's 'bullying'
dailyrecord.co.ukJohn Swinney has said he also intervened to stop Alex Salmond's bullying when he was SNP leader. The First Minister said he told Salmond his behaviour was "not on" when he was "quite brisk with people".It comes after Nicola Sturgeon said she had to intervene "many times" to stop Salmond's bullying behaviour.
Swinney told BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show: "I think it's pretty well documented that Alex could be quite brisk with people and sometimes we all witnessed that.
And sometimes we all had to say: 'Look, that's not on'. And that's the way it was."When asked if he told him to cut it out, Swinney replied: "That's just the way it was."In an interview with the Financial Times, Sturgeon had said Salmond was a great debater but also a bully.
She said: “He would be really rough on people. Many times I intervened to stop him.”Swinney served as finance secretary for the whole of Salmond's tenure as first minister between 2007 and 2014.
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