And from Drumlanrig again, "There's nothing like telling it like it really is. So hats off to Environment Minister Mike Russell, who'd had enough of parliamentary niceties in a debate at Holyrood last week. The normally good-tempered Russell opened his speech with the words: "I find myself in some difficulty, because the opening sentences of my speaking notes say: 'This has been a very valuable and useful debate. I welcome the contributions and views that have been expressed.'" He went on: "I publicly dissociate myself from that opinion. This has not been a 'valuable and useful debate'. It is of some significance that not one member has declared an interest – because there has been no interest in the debate. Outside the chamber, there will be no interest in the debate. By insisting on holding this debate, (Liberal Democrat MSP] Robert Brown has succeeded in wasting everybody's time." Asked to take an intervention by an angry Labour MSP, he said: "No, I will not give way. My intention is just to get through this. I just want to get through it and go home." An honest politician? Wonders will never cease."
This honesty thing could catch on. No ... it won't.
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