It is well seen that it is the festive season with politicians of all parties unleashing on the great Scottish public all the ridiculous stories that they've been saving up all year safe in the knowledge that with so many journalists on holiday that there is a great chance that they will get some coverage that they otherwise wouldn't.
Two examples from today:
"THE Scotch pie is under threat because of a shortage of master bakers, it has been claimed. Bridies, butteries and plain loaves could also be threatened by a government block on food industry training grants. Labour finance spokesman Iain Gray said: "Traditional Scottish baking icons like the pan loaf, the plain loaf, the buttery, the bridie and Scotch pie could be threatened as the skills to bake them are not passed on."
"A call was made last night for Scottish banknotes to be legally protected in England. Alistair Carmichael, Scottish spokesman for the Liberal Democrats, revealed he had received a letter from Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, confirming that at present there was no requirement for shopkeepers and businesses to accept Scottish banknotes."
Do politicians think anyone except Mr Smith reads newspapers at this time of year, let alone cares about these stories? Journalists deserve holidays too.
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