Hamish Macdonell - spinners' spat

THERE is an end of term feel to the parliament, which is perhaps why spin doctors are being a little mischievous.
Faced with a raft of depressing health statistics today, the SNP seized on childhood obesity figures to claim that all the overweight children in P1 to P5 got fat under the Labour Liberal Executive.
They suggested Ross Finnie, the Liberal Democrat health spokesman, had been effectively leading the children to the chip van himself.
In response, it was pointed out that more people had gone on to anti-depressants since the SNP came to power.
Roll on Christmas ...