Summary
WHAT the pendulum of power gifts to politicians it will eventually take away from them as it swings its merry way through the years. Occasionally, however, it pauses en route to hover intriguingly over an unlikely character - someone like, say, Margo MacDonald - and offer her, for a while at least, an unexpected amount of influence. The "blonde bombshell," as she was known when she started in politics, probably has more power now than at any other time in her colourful and controversial career.
The independent MSP for the Lothians was the only politician outside the main parties, barring the two Greens, to retain her seat at this month's Holyrood election. With just one seat separating the two largest parties and Alex Salmond governing with a minority administration, her vote may well prove, at times, a determining one.See the full content of this document
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A Woman of Independent Means
Indeed, not subject to party whips, she could be said to have the one truly free voice in Holyrood. It is a safe bet that when she chooses to make that voice heard, some people won't like what they hear.
Margo may have known full well when she stood for t...See the full content of this document
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