Teenage kicks.

Mr Smith reads that “A Teenage councillor who holds one of the most prestigious civic roles in Scotland has dropped out of university after failing three exams. John West, 19, was halfway through the first year of his law degree when he was elected to Aberdeen City Council in May and made depute provost … However, Mr West, who is highly regarded by his colleagues, insisted last night that his decision to drop out of Aberdeen University had nothing to do with not been able to "juggle" his job effectively and study for a demanding degree. "I have been thinking about it since the beginning of the year because the course just was not for me because I was not enjoying it," he said. "There is no point sticking out something that I am not enjoying. At first I decided to change course, which is a pretty common thing to do, but have now decided to take a year out to concentrate on the council job. I am hoping to go back to university in the future and do something else."

Mr Smith is not sure that this is what our Holyrood politicians intended when they reduced the age at which people could be elected to local councils from 21 to 18. It’s even worse when you think that he is giving up the law for politics, and that he seems to view politics as nothing more than a “job.”