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| Reluctant Hero |
Salmond named top parliamentarianSalmond 'is top parliamentarian'Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond has been named Parliamentarian of the Year in the Spectator magazine awards. Judges praised the SNP leader for a "brilliant" campaign in seizing power in the Scottish Parliament. Shadow Chancellor George Osborne was named politician of the year for his plans to cut inheritance tax. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair won the Resignation of the Year, while Newcomer of the Year went to Lib Dem leadership hopeful Nick Clegg. The annual awards were presented in London by former Home Secretary John Reid, who won Politician of the Year last year. Spectator editor Matthew d'Ancona said the Scottish elections had not just been a "kick in the teeth" for Gordon Brown, but "a moment in the annals of the Union." In the May elections the Scottish National Party seized power at Holyrood, ending eight years of Labour rule. "Suddenly the break-up of the United Kingdom is no longer a remote prospect," said Mr D'Ancona. "Whatever your view on that great question, the judges felt it was right to salute the man whose brilliant tactics in the Scottish Parliament laid the foundations for an extraordinary victory." 'Spectacular' change Meanwhile, Mr Osborne was praised for his inheritance tax proposals, which have been credited with helping boost the Conservatives' opinion poll ratings and were followed by Mr Brown's decision not to call an early general election. The judges said that "rarely, if ever, has a single policy proposal by an Opposition politician changed the political weather and shifted the political markets so spectacularly and so suddenly". Three former Conservative leaders also won awards - Margaret Thatcher was Peer of the Year, William Hague gave the "Speech of the Year" and Iain Duncan Smith was Campaigner of the Year. Minister To Watch was immigration minister Liam Byrne, while Inquisitor of the Year was Labour MP Michael Connarty, who chairs the Commons European Scrutiny Committee. "Marathon Man of the Year" was Ian Paisley, after becoming First Minister In Northern Ireland at the age of 81. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7097341.stm
Maybe if the award was for most drawn out resignation of the year then I might have agreed with it 
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| Cado |
yeah, the wheels just seemed to fall off his wagon one by one..... Was it something he said?
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| SLG |
He's been keeping a pretty low profile in the UK since as well. Anyone think he'll make a significant reappearance here at some point? | ||||||
| Babygael |
Great stuff!! Gaun' wee 'Eck'!!
I only hope that the wheels disnae fall aff this waggon!! Worse, ah divnae want tae wake up an' see th' headlines.....' FM commits suicide' Gun found several meters from body'  
But, it's really down tae the people of Scotland! Either stand up fur yer'sels' and be counted, or kneel !!
As fer me.............HAH !................My mind was made up at birth!! |
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| Aventinian |
Ach, God will get to him before anyone bothers to assassinate him. I'm sure any good student of Shakespeare will recall what happened to the last man who tried to carve Britain up into three. |
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| Cado |
Probably - he's hardly the type to like to keep a low profile, he had a certain affinity for the camera's. Possibly been combining his task to bring peace to the middle east with an opportunity for a wee sabbatical. He's was also pretty good at conning people out of large sums of money in return for a few letters in front of their names - so he's clearly got a rare talent that can't go to waste - better the devil you know.
Doubt it - suicide is a mortal sin - eternal damnation etc etc.
Better to leave the world the same way you came in - kicking and screaming. |
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