Sturgeon I loved Peter.. I still do

NICOLA Sturgeon has said she fears for her former husband's welfare and still loves him despite their split.

- BY HANNAH RODGER Political Editor

The ex-first minister also revealed she is not on dating app Tinder and has laughed off claims she was in a "lavender marriage" with Peter Murrell.

Sturgeon was speaking to radio host Iain Dale on his LBC show last week when she was asked about her current relationship with the former SNP chief executive, who is awaiting trial on fraud charges, She said: "We communicate. Obviously I'm concerned about how he is, so from that point of view yes. I'm concerned about his wellbeing."

She revealed the couple do not discuss "anything of note" and refer to Murrell’s pending court case as “the thing”.

She said: "We don't talk about 'the thing'... That's not what I call it... I possibly sometimes call it things that are less polite than that. I'm obviously concerned about his wellbeing so, yes, we do [talk] but not about anything of particular note."

Sturgeon was speaking to Dale as part of the promotional tour for her memoir, Frankly, released two weeks ago.

She laughed off Dale’s suggestion by online gossips that she and Murrell had been in a “lavender marriage” and the relationship was “fake”.