Sunday, January 13, 2008

What matters to Wendy Alexander

Wendy Alexander is on the Politics Show just now - oh, I’ve already told you that haven’t I? Sorry, fell asleep for a bit there - zzzzzz. Woke up when I heard her saying Alex Salmond preferred to “grub around” talking about her illegal activities  (conveniently by-passing the fact that the FM did not bring it up, he was asked about it) rather than talking about important things. The “important thing” she offered up was the meeting she and Annabel Goldie had with people in London last week to talk about the setting up of their new “Scottish Convention”. Aside from the fact that this is being set up to stop people talking about Independence, at least the SNP government doesn’t need to go down to London to ask how to get things done. I wonder if it was Wendy’s brother doing the telling. One day they’ll get it …
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Thursday, May 31, 2007

First Minister’s First First Minister’s Questions

I watched it online today and was gripped. My colleague Cathie asked was I watching a comedy, I was tee heeing so much. Not that it was outrageously funny but watching Alex Salmond did remind me of how entertaining a public speaker he can be. When Jack McConnell asked him one of the traditional openers “when will the cabinet next meet?” Alex thanked him for not asking the other usual “when did you last meet the Prime Minister?”! And Annabel Goldie who the entire country loves (despite the fact she’s a Tory), was her usual witty self when she accepted that it “takes two to tango” and described Alex’s “dancing partner” (ie Tony Blair) as “nothing if not coquettish”. Funnies aside, it’s a disgrace that neither TB nor GB (that’s the chancellor, not the entire state) have bothered to pick up the phone to acknowledge Alex as FM. It’s an insult not just to him but to the entire country. If TB can find time for Colonel Gadaffi, he can find 2 minutes to phone the FM of Scotland.
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