Mr Smith Goes to Holyrood

This is Mr Smith's thousandth post. He didn't think he would make it. He wasn't sure he would be able to keep it going, but the ...

As noted by Drumlanrig , "Is the Queen a Rangers fan? On his website, Labour MP Iain Davidson reveals the following: "There was on...

It would appear the vultures are starting to circle Labour peer Lord Lewis Moonie. How long can he limp on? "THE LABOUR peer Lord Moon...

And from Drumlanrig again, "What short memories Holyrood's security guards have. It wasn't that long ago that Sir George Reid,...

Mr Smith never realised that Labour MP Des Browne had any connections with Sri Lanka. Clearly he doesn't according to the Sri Lankan Go...

Courtesy of Drumlanrig , "Alex Neil's promotion to the position of Housing Minister has cost the SNP's arch trouble-maker £50. ...

So President Obama lost another of his nominees, the fourth one in a couple of months. "President Barack Obama's choice to lead th...

He may have been provoked by what can only be described as a bunch of neds ... but that doesn't make his actions and what he went on to...

So Scotland's newest MSP, Anne "Indygal" McLaughlin, has been officially sworn in. But remarkably her "surreptitious...

Very officially two bad cops. But lots of cops resign before they are forced to. "TWO disgraced cops who lied to fit-up a law student ...

"BOSTON -- The controversial street artist who gained fame with his red, white and blue posters of President Barack Obama was arrested ...

From The Herald Diary , "SCOTS Secretary Jim Murphy, was attending the Subsea 09 oil conference in Aberdeen yesterday where he stopped ...

"A SCOTTISH policeman has been suspended on full pay for the past four and a half years, Scotland on Sunday can reveal. The Strathclyde...

It is not as though Labour MSP and peer and lobbyist George Foulkes really needed another job, but Mr Smith is amazed that so many people vo...

But what if devolution ain't really broke, just being deliberately misused to create tensions that don't need to exist? "DAVID...

Maybe not as dodgy as some of the antics of Scotland's Councillors as previously chronicled by Mr Smith, but Councillor Coleman should ...

As Mrs Thatcher once famously said, "you turn if you want to ... the lady is not for turning." Well Alex Salmond and the SNP Scott...

So, it would appear the old emnities within the Peoples' Party are flaring up again, with the Westminster Parliamentary posse wanting t...

Mr Smith likes the symbolism of SNP Scottish Government Ministers being "invited to resign" by First Minister Alex Salmond rather...

Scotland is apparently on a knife edge with support for independence on a par with support for the Union. Or is it? Mr Smith is very scepti...

So, the ink isn't even dry yet on the SNP press release unveiling Anne McLaughlin as a new Glasgow MSP, when the Daily Record manages t...

Mr Smith seems to recall this isn't the first time that Conservative MSP Jamie McGrigor has had questions raised about his expenses cla...

But no risk to anyone's health. "HOLYROOD WAS last night in the grip of an outbreak of the deadly legionnaires’ bug—just days afte...

Mr Smith's sympathies go to Bashir Ahmad's family at this time of loss. He was by all accounts a decent man who came into politics f...

Wouldn't it be nice to work for a public body in Scotland? "PUBLIC BODIES have been criticised after spending hundreds of thousand...