Mr Smith reads of the latest disclosures about the sorts of accidents which are happening in the Scottish Parliament:
"STEPS have given way, visitors have walked into glass panels and staff have fallen over the bollards in front of the building. But Scottish Parliament bosses say the number of accidents and "near misses" at the Holyrood building is falling. The latest list shows 82 incidents recorded in the 18 months from March 2006 to August 2007, ranging from a member of parliament staff cutting his or her finger on a staple to £1000 of repairs needed after a visiting driver tried to leave by an unauthorised route, colliding with the exit barrier and tearing his front tyres. "
Mr Smith recalls previous disclosures that one MSP had managed to "knock himself out" by standing up in his parliamentary think pod (it was former MSP David Davidson if anyone is interested), and thinks the reference by parliamentary officials to the number of accidents "falling" kind of sums it all up.
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