| Everyone’s favourite
unreconstructed Stalinist, Helen Liddell "resigned" as Scottish Secretary this
week, claiming that she wanted to spend more time with her family. The
news came a bit out the blue, since Ms Liddell has never mentioned his deeply held wish to
resign before or indeed, her apparently long held opinion that the post of Scottish
Secretary was as much use as the proverbial chocolate teapot.
The aluminium haired temptress told the JT: "I think when you look back at
my written pronouncements over the last few years, you’ll find that I’ve always
been sceptical about the value of the post- just give a minute to re-write
everything." |
The rearrangement of
Scotland’s affairs at Westminster has been the subject of much speculation over the
last few days. A few days back, it was mooted that Scotland and Wales would be rolled into
one new department: "Odds and sods that don’t fit in anywhere else" and the
post of SS was to be abolished. The latest news from The Blair Bunker is that the post
will still exist, under control of Alistair "Wonderful, just wonderful" Darling.
A senior civil servant told the JT: "Honestly, it's been like a
Whitehall farce around here the last few days" before dropping his trousers and
hiding in a wardrobe to await being discovered by Brian Rix. |
