Hamish Macdonell - Christmas party mixup

LIB DEM MSP Alison McInnes should be a little more careful with her corporate friends.
She agreed to sponsor the Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation's Christmas reception in the garden lobby of the Scottish Parliament tonight.
But it is now obvious Ms McInnes had not paid cloee enough attention to that august body's views on the flagship Lib Dem policy of local income tax.
"Local authorities face a gaping hole in their funding under proposals to introduce a local income tax in Scotland, " the IRRV said in response to the Scottish Government's consultation.
The Steamie wonders whether Ms McInnes will have the courage to bring this delicate matter up tonight when she sups wine and mingles with her friends from the IRRV.
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