A Taint which Can Never be Erased?

Consider the situation Crawford Beveridge now finds himself in.

Having headed up Scottish Enterprise for 9 years, quite successfully, he then made the Great Error which disqualifies him from holding any public position again.

He donated £10,000 to the SNP.

In political terms, this is a minor sum.

Beveridge has a track record of success.

He has political beliefs – this has never been a problem for Unionists before, unless of course the person in question has happened to be a Nat.

I have to say that for sheer mendacity and dishonesty the weekly prize has to go to Harriet Harman, who has now asked that Jack Straw approve a measure to continue secrecy over MP’s expenses, despite the proven dishonesty and corruption of some in the past.

Interestingly enough, the Sunday Times’ Jason Allardyce has a squawk about the Beveridge situation today.

Not a surprise; he is, after all, paid to write this junk.

What is interesting however, is that at the bottom of the article are the words ‘Jenny Hjul, p20’.

Jenny doesn’t have anything to say about Beveridge; she’s having a rant about the size of the public sector and the number of consultants used in Scotland (evidently it’s the SNP’s fault again).

So, why does the Thunderer need to pop in a link?

Can it be for the guidance of the rather challenged green inkers who need to be pointed to the next bit of anti SNP rhetortic?

Or maybe it’s just to let Labour’s spin doctors get to check their own press releases more quickly.