Elephants versus the Union
I haven't been hugely impressed with the Final Report of the Commission on Scottish Devolution (or, as it is more commonly known, the Calman Commission). I reckon it must have been full of vegetarians... it lacks anything in the way of meat. (I'm here all week... try the veal - unless, of course, you are vegetarian...)
Anyway, I had to laugh at this exchange at the House of Commons Scottish Affairs committee yesterday.
SNP MP (and former Runrig star) Pete Wishart:
"Was independence the 'elephant in the room' during the Commission's discussions?"
"Was independence the 'elephant in the room' during the Commission's discussions?"
Sir Kenneth Calman, chair of Commission on Scottish Devolution:"I think it is entirely inappropriate to describe independence as an elephant."
Nice to see some people still have a sense of humour about things.
Actually, apparently, the Scotsman has a sense of humour about spelling... check the title of this piece. Maybe all the cutbacks have led to less... proof-reading.
6 comments:
I think there's a white elephant joke in there somewhere as well!
As for the spelling, perhaps the Scotsman's procedures are a bit like the Blogger software - the spell-checker doesn't include the title!
I'm assuming the first comment was from a fake SU and therefore have deleted the post.
It was indeed. Thanks Malc.
Maybe all the cutbacks have led to less... proof-reading.
Maybe someone's angry at not being invited to take part in the Steam project
Anon (Scotsman journo?)
I've let the blog slide a bit recently on the basis that I've been quite busy with other things.
Though in any case, its nice that you think that I have the quality that they are looking for, though I'm pretty sure the Scotsman has found enough talented bloggers without me.
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