Musings from the Merse
Friday, April 20, 2007
Johnny Leaves Holywood-oops-Holyrood.
Page 3 of the Berwickshire carries a rather nice picture of the Laird and Lairdess looking relaxed amongst what looks like the tropical rain forest of Paxton House. The accompanying laudatory article marks the East Lothian's MSP retirement from politics: 'From Daft young farmer to highly respected politician' is the headline. Which of those epithets are controversial we ask ourselves? In this cynical age 'respected'and 'politician' put together amounts, normally, to an oxymoron. I will leave others to judge how apt this is in this case.
Why leave parliament I hear you ask? "I don't want to become time server and thought it was a good time for someone else to take over' Nothing apparently to do with that offer of a peerage? And what has happened to that?
Apparently JHR is now to have time to paint his garage.
I hope that happens within time and budget unlike another project the highly respected member for Lothian presided over. If not, its his cash that is at risk.
Not ours.
Comments:
I have no doubt his "career" in the other place will be just as distinguished and memorable as his timeserving as an MP and MSP. How much has that 30 years cost the taxpayer?
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: 10:02 PM
The Hutton Think Tank is looking into this conundrum but sadly their pocket calculator is out of batteries
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