Mr Smith notes two changes in the roles of members of Scotland's Fourth Estate with the news that the Scotsman's Scottish Government Editor and former spin doctor, Peter MacMahon, is to become the paper's Business Editor, which follows the recent decision of the Herald's former Chief UK political correspondent, Catherine MacLeod, to bale out of the Estate totally and go to work as Alistair Darling's Special Adviser.
Part of the regular flow of two way traffic between government and journalism, but not an easy time to be working for the Chancellor, but might be explained by La MacLeod's comment on the Chancellor, "I have a huge degree of respect for Alistair Darling, I've known him for a long time."
She may be one of a dwindling band.
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