Quizzical Recompense

You know it is nice to know that Drumlanrig peruses this blog on a regular basis to fill his diary column in the Scotland on Sunday. I see that he took the "and finally" piece from my blog post after Nick Clegg's speech to get a few laughs this weekend. The question was asked very much tongue in cheek and taken in that way. I did in fact have a different tongue in cheek question if I had have had the opportunity to interview Nick as originally planned. I'm so glad our leaders are able to laugh at themselves and show their human side.

Tavish Scott had in fact seemed genuinely shocked that he hadn't paid a donation to LYS's quiz last year. It is a fundraiser for the youth wing but being a party leader he was merely doing the rounds of events, but he has supported the organisation at other times through the year.

This year I'm pleased to report that Tavish not only turned up again and paid, but got involved in reading out the questions and scores for one of the rounds. Even better although Nick Clegg was unable to attend he did sign the prizes pictured (acquired at no great expense from a pound shop) that were given out on the night.

Drumlanrig - The Scotland on Sunday Plagiarist

My thanks to James of Two Doctors for pointing this out to me.

In today's Scotland on Sunday the lead part of Drumlanrig's diary piece is:

What a furore over Nicola Sturgeon's letter on behalf of a convicted fraudster. Alex Salmond's defence of his deputy raised almost as many eyebrows.

As devotees of the Holyrood scene will recall, Salmond maintained that Sturgeon had an "absolute obligation" to make representations on behalf of Abdul Rauf, the 59-year-old who had been twice convicted of fraud.

Presumably that means that Angela Constance, the SNP MSP for Livingston, will be obliged to write for a certain Jim Devine, Labour MP of that parish, should he ask her for a character reference now that he faces charges over his House of Commons expenses.

An unlikely scenario in the view of Drumlanrig.

Hmm. Makes me wonder which person from the Scotsman IP address it was that read this post, with credit given where it was due on my blog on Friday. If the dead tree press take up to 3 days to publish an idea that has already been out on the web you have to ask is it original, if it isn't where have they gotten the idea from.

Although the comment from Caron at the time holds even more true here too:

"Do you know, I had exactly the same idea?:-). [Stephen] did it better, though..."

Mind you seeing as The Scotsman couldn't even get the name of this blog right on Friday, it makes you wonder what sort of standard they have for accuracy and accreditation. They certainly lack the Blogosphere etiquette of linking to the original post that inspires or is quoted.