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Beam me up, Scotty: Salmond's sci-fi economics

After recently being accused of being even more fixated with Alex Salmond than George Foulkes The Animal swore he’d lay-off the First Minister for a bit. However following today’s legislative programme announcement, or moreover the reply, it became impossible to resist temptation. Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray isn’t a man famed for pithy humour (quite the [...]

Pyjamas in the Parliament

When debate all becomes too much, many peers of the realm are partial to a restorative snooze during proceedings of “the other place”.  Baron Foulkes of Cumnock (who boasts a dual mandate as an MSP), made a move to import this practice to Holyrood today and arrived dressed for the occasion. The photocall (for charidee, of course)* [...]