So vain.

From today's Herald Diary, "Picture imperfect ... we asked if Lanarkshire Labour MP Frank Roy won the vanity award by having 20 pictures of himself in his four-page report to constituents. A south-side reader proposes Eastwood Labour MSP and MPs Ken Macintosh and Jim Murphy who, in their joint 2008 parliamentary report, have 29 pictures of themselves in total - although out of their 16-page report there are three in which neither has a picture, so room for improvement there."

Hey good looking.

Mr Smith reads that "On the ballot paper, a picture is worth a thousand votes ... Research shows candidates’ looks influence choices at the polling station."

Mmmm. So it is now official, but how many of our current crop of MSPs would want to have their pictures gracing the ballot papers on which they rely on to get themselves elected? After all they aren't exactly "eye candy," even for political anoraks.