Mcneil's Eye: 2-0 to the New Jungle King - but Watch for Goldzilla
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FORTH he wobbled, to take up his position for First Minister's Questions. It was Eck Salmond's first time in the hot seat. Across the passageway, Jack McConnell eyed him like a snake might regard an elephant: with envy, malice and a little fear.
He hissed the words "first minister". Once, the title was his. King of the Jungle. Now he was just a seething serpent with a bendy backbone. He bared his fangs and deployed that old poisonous ploy: the demand for a "yes or no" answer. Jack himself, the original Great Prevaricator, had never given such an answer. Let's see how the new boy would do.See the full content of this document
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Mcneil's Eye: 2-0 to the New Jungle King - but Watch for Goldzilla
The subject of the question was the planned Edinburgh Airport rail link, which could hit the buffers under the Nats. Alex trumpeted neither yea nor nay, but aske...
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