And Here He Is, the Great Jowls Split in a Vast Grin ; On the Stump

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THE AS LAST night, as islanders, half- appalled, half-amused, whispered behind cupped hands of the tabloid revelations about Angus MacNeil, the beleaguered Western Isles MP had more irreverent succour.

'Angus,' a pal boomed down the phone, 'remember two things. You're the first MP ever to trigger a police investigation into a serving Prime Minister, and you're the first politician ever caught up in a sex scandal who actually forgot to have any sex.' Well, the most important colleague of all Alex Salmond himself falls upon Stornoway this blustery afternoon and amidst momentary national sensation it's hard to forget anything.

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And Here He Is, the Great Jowls Split in a Vast Grin ; On the Stump

As I dash down the street, a wee wumman winches me in by the sleeve, and asks in lilting Lewis tones where Mr Salmond is to speak tonight. 'But I don't think I'll kiss him,' says she artfully, 'or it'll be in all the papers.' Dozens o...

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