The Dogs of War
Labour appear to have unleashed a terrifying, new secret weapon in their Scottish election campaign - Lord George Foulkes.
Responding to his party's poor showing in the polls - Lord George tells Scotland in Sunday today what has been going wrong - in his sage opinion:
"Iain Gray has been too much of a gentleman. He has been playing by the Marquess of Queensberry rules, but Salmond has been hitting him below the belt again and again."
Now I'd like to say something erudite about Lord George's views on the election campaign - but I don't understand what he's talking about.
His words make sense on their own - individually - but joined together in the same sentence they come out as political gobbeldegook.
So we will all have to wait until the noble Lord spouts forth some more - because this is a man of undoubted talent.
So talented that he can hold down two jobs - that of a full-time MSP - in addition to his duties in the House of Lords.
"Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war" - is a line from Shakespeare in Julius Caesar.
Come to think of it - maybe that's what Lord George is trying to say to rouse his Labour troops.
Responding to his party's poor showing in the polls - Lord George tells Scotland in Sunday today what has been going wrong - in his sage opinion:
"Iain Gray has been too much of a gentleman. He has been playing by the Marquess of Queensberry rules, but Salmond has been hitting him below the belt again and again."
Now I'd like to say something erudite about Lord George's views on the election campaign - but I don't understand what he's talking about.
His words make sense on their own - individually - but joined together in the same sentence they come out as political gobbeldegook.
So we will all have to wait until the noble Lord spouts forth some more - because this is a man of undoubted talent.
So talented that he can hold down two jobs - that of a full-time MSP - in addition to his duties in the House of Lords.
"Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war" - is a line from Shakespeare in Julius Caesar.
Come to think of it - maybe that's what Lord George is trying to say to rouse his Labour troops.
