Well Done Darling.

So, "THE future of Scottish bank-notes has been secured following the personal intervention of Chancellor Alistair Darling ..."

Mr Smith heaves a big sigh of relief. Although the end of the Scottish bank note was always very unlikely.

The McMafia.

"LABOUR figures have called on Gordon Brown to purge the "Scots Mafia" around him in an effort to curry favour with voters south of the border. The Prime Minister is being urged to give key jobs to ministers seen as able to reach out to Middle England amid concern that the party will face a landslide general election defeat at the hands of David Cameron's Conservatives."

Mr Smith tends to think that Mr Brown's abysmal performance as PM has very little to do with any McMafia. More to do with the PM himself.