| Ms Dorothy Grace Elder, list SNP
MSP, has announced her intention to stand down at the next election. Ms Elder, whose quick
wit, abrasive style and robust debating technique became a byword in thin-lipped
torn-facedness, will be sorely missed. Bitch, Pain in the Arse, Satanic
malevolence, Monumental ego - those were just some of the phrases used this week by
parliamentary colleagues to the describe the ex-hack.
Her enemies were less kind, recalling the MSP's effortless ability to start
arguments in an empty room, her uncanny skill at alienating anyone within five miles of
her pestilential presence and her insistence at uselessly occupying temporal space an
affront to civilised values. |
It is thought that Ms Elder will
eschew a return to journalism as the prospects of using her undoubted skills in another
capacity beckons, perhaps taking up some role in the torture of small, defenceless animals
might appeal, although it is thought that her talents might be turned towards
international humanitarian work. Just the threat of a visit from Her
Burst Couchness might persuade warring factions in countries abroad to lay aside their
differences and concentrate their weaponry on Ms Elder's incoming plane.
Ms Elder this week expressed frustration a the workings of the Scottish
Parliament - a sure signifier for the rest of us that it's not all bad. |
