The former head of Yes Scotland has said abuse directed at a BBC journalist outside of the Tory leadership hustings in Perth on Tuesday was "atypical" of the way political debate was conducted in Scotland.
BBC Scotland editor James Cook was abused by pro-independence protesters in Perth on Tuesday evening before the debate between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss.
Blair Jenkins headed up the Yes campaign between 2012 and 2014 and appealed to viewers to "agree on the positives" and argued it was a minority of people who behaved in a threatening or abusive way.
