Hamish Macdonell - Tsars, tsars the more

ROLL up, roll up anyone for a tsar?
The Scottish Parliament will be advertising three solid public sector roles tomorrow with weighty salaries attached.
Three of Scotland's army of tsars are to be replaced, Alice Brown as Scottish Public Services Ombudsman - or complaints tsar - Kathleen Marshall as Commissioner for Children and Young People - or children's tsar - and Jim Dyer in his role as Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner - or Holyrood tsar.
Given that the private sector is looking more and more precarious, competition for these state-paid roles is expected to be fierce, particularly as the Salaries range from £83,000 for the complaints tsar to £38,000 for the Holyrood tsar - but that is only for a part-time role.
It also emerged yesterday that take-up of a new public holiday among members of the Scottish Government was very high, at 93 per cent.
Most civil servants and officials took their St Andrews Day holiday a holiday, let's not forget, that only they get.
Not that we're bitter in the private sector, oh no.
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