Monday, 9 July 2007

1/3 of an MSP?

We all know that Alex Salmon gets about a bit but alittlefishy.net is beginning to wonder just how much time he's got for the fine people of Gordon.

Clearly not enough time to open a constituency office... All his constituency work is being directed to Edinburgh , at least that's what it says on the Scottish Parliament website.

But what if you live in Kintore and want to go to one of his surgeries with a worry about the local primary school? Well, you'll need to drive all the way to Peterhead where he shares an office with Stewart Stevenson the MSP for Banff & Buchan.

- It's 42.3 miles away according to the AA. That's like the MSP for Glasgow Kelvin sending her constituents to Edinburgh Central! But it's also 2 buses and 2 hours away.

Talk about getting taken for a ride.

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