Red Barons
In an opinion piece for The Observer newspaper at the weekend, Kevin McKenna drew my attention to the Labour 'legends' who are apparently being asked to ride to the rescue of the Better Together campaign - in the following terms:
"The week before Robertson made his speech, it was revealed that the Better Together campaign is now asking Labour's so-called "legends" at Westminster to lend a hand. The Unionists were responding to the latest set of opinion polls which suggest that the Nationalists require a swing of a mere handful of points to achieve independence. Thus we can expect to hear more from George Foulkes, Jack McConnell and John Reid between now and September. Once, these three and Robertson were Labour machine politicians in Scotland. Now, in the House of Lords, these ermined four are known as Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock, Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale and Baron Reid of Cardowan."
If you ask me, the four 'noble' lords should be forced to declare a financial interest before they speak on the subject of whether Scotland should become an independent country, because if the country votes Yes they will all be out of a job.
