An eve-of-poll disaster for Nicola Sturgeon, paying a flying visit to Lundin Ladies golf club. La Sturge parked her helicopter on the course, and strode across the 9th green in those heels of hers. The sight of her laying waste to their links was too much for members. While one gripped her putter and fixed the first minister with a stare, another informed the FM’s party of her faux pas. “I couldn’t believe it,” says our gal in the clubhouse. “The first minister, and she didn’t have the gumption to walk round the green.”
Willie’s blown off course
Fifers have been spared another visitation from above. Ram-wrestling Willie Rennie (Lib Dem, Desperate) had planned to skydive on to voters to illustrate his point that “the Lib Dems are parachuting into North East Fife.” Alas, a strong wind wrecked his plans.
Europe splits Tories . . . again
Ruth Davidson is apparently preparing to promote Iain McGill to Ian Duncan’s seat in the European parliament, should Duncan defeat Pete Wishart (SNP, Down-in-the-Dumps) in Perth & North Perthshire. Under normal circs, the MEP would be replaced by the second choice at the 2014 EU vote, in this case Belinda Don. McGill says the issue may not arise, because he thinks he’ll win Edinburgh North & Leith today.
Labouring under an illusion
The definition of optimism from Alan Roden, Scottish Labour’s chief spinmeister, who told hacks he wouldn’t be around tomorrow because he’d “be in Downing Street”.