Sometimes you can't better the story. This time it is Mark Aitken in the Sunday Mail. The story is reported in other newspapers but you can't beat Mark's slant, if a bit Labour biased towards the end for no good reason.
"NICOLA STURGEON'S haircut for the Holyrood election campaign cost more than £300 and designer suits for Alex Salmond came to more than £3600. The SNP also spent £420 on a taxi for Salmond from his home in Strichen, Aberdeenshire, to Hampden and back to watch Scotland beat Georgia 2-1 in March. Styling and make-up for Salmond and Sturgeon for political broadcasts cost another £700. Overall they spent £1.4million on their election campaign. Electoral Commission figures show Labour spent £1.1million. That included £50,000 for chartering private jet planes to bring Tony Blair to Scotland to campaign. The SNP ran a slick, professional campaign to beat Labour by a single seat at the Holyrood election. Their campaign was funded by donations from bus tycoon Brian Souter, businessman Sir Tom Farmer and Sir Sean Connery. A Labour spokesman said last night: "It's good to see that Brian Souter's cash wasn't wasted - every penny spent on making Alex and Nicola seem more presentable was money well spent."
Taxi for Salmond? For £420? Did that include the tip? But Nicola really needed that new hair do.
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