"Of course I want you to stay but you must do what is best for your family,"

Trans: "Resign now before you are hounded to death by the baying press."

time for another el reg proscription "administrated" - no such word, perhaps you mean "administered" ?

The Gord giveth, and the Gord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Gord.

Wendy Alexander did bugger-all to become Scottish Labour leader so if she's done anything at all to be booted out, then the balance is not in her favour.

Can broadly be translated into 'the pearl-handled revolver is in the topmost drawer of your desk.'

Isn't there quite a bit missing from this story?

This particular, nasty, typical Labour kitchen-sink drama's been staggering along for quite some time now (it's "got legs" right enough but they're blotchy, varicose-veined ones to be sure).

I recall reading in one of Scotland's finest fish 'n chip wrappers that Wicked Wendy had, in fact, written quite a nice Thank You note to the kind donor - and addressed it to his place of residence (in the Channel Islands, I think?). In a fit of amnesia that Canoe Man would be proud of, Wicked Wendy - of course - does not recall ever noticing the address.

Now, after many weeks of having to put up with the impertinence of the law-abiding - and with a barely-concealed "Ta-dah!" - Wicked Wendy bounces back with an MS Word metadata tag of 'Permissible?' in a file, on a computer, maintained by...........oh this is almost too yummy..........her husband!

Now, given that your average pol wouldn't recognise a computer if his callgirl dropped on on his willie I'm bound to suspect that whiffing words like 'tag' and 'metadata' all around the hallowed halls of The Shipwreck in Hollyrood is meant to do nothing more than quiet the hounds (chihuahuas, actually) currently baying (well, yipping, actually) for Wicked Wendy's resignation.

My oh my, it is pantomime season, isn't it?

Since when has "Unintentional wrongdoing" been a defence in either English or Scottish law? Or is it a defence reserved exclusively for politicians?

all the arrogance of being in power too long.

I'm just waiting for the day that one of them is found in a wardrobe, in suspenders, tied up with an orange in their mouth.....

The Wendy henchman who 'sorted' this out for her is as trustable as 'Arfur Daly'. On resigning from Glasgow City Communistol, he announced that he had no political aspirations for the Scottish Parliament. Merely 6 months later he's up for a by-election!

He must've known that this was dodgy, but obviously thought 'we'll get away with it'.

She's responsible for the actions of her party. That's why she needs to go.......

Heh. In this case it probably got him the planning permission to build a development outside Paisley (incidently, Ms. Alexanders constituency is Paisley..).

What it should get all of these sleazy scum is not an "apology, but denial of intentional wrongdoing", but jail time. In addition any of them that currently hold public office should be removed and new elections held.

Of course, that won't happen, because then Labour would lose a couple of critical seats in Parliament, and since the SNP are already a minority government, 4-5 new seats would tip the balance their way a bit more...