Summary
ONE of the most popular Scottish paraphrases, sung usually to the tune 'Glasgow', has the lines: ' The beam that shines from Zion's hill, shall lighten every land ' The other sort of beam swinging free from the roof of the debating chamber in the Scottish parliament may not have had quite the same global influence as that promised in the paraphrase of the prophet Isaiah, but it has unquestionably lightened our spirits in this dark and wintry March.
Just when we were beginning to think that the comedy potential of the parliament building was almost exhausted, material for a new line of jokes has been on offer.See the full content of this document
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Msps Staging a Bunfight at the Oak Corral
Gratifyingly, a couple of the parliament's old wags, Dennis Canavan and Margo MacDonald, have not failed us. The parliament, they suggested, should flit next door to the Palace of Holyroodhouse to become, temporarily, Her Majesty'...
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