Hamish Macdonell - Tories put a kilt on it, again

HOW to turn even the remotest story to your local advantage, part II.
After their embarrassment in trying to turn the election of Barrack Obama into a story about the kilt and the Royal Mile, the Tories have now decided to use the snow falls across southern and central Britain to make another point, this time about Prestwick Airport.
In doing so, they managed to publish one of the most convoluted statements of the year, here it is, from Ayr MSP John Scott, on Prestwick Airport's busy time in coping with flights diverted from elsewhere.
He said: "It's an ill wind that blows no good, so the heavy snowfall and the unexpected guests it has brought to southern Ayrshire as a result of their enforced diversion has certainly brought a welcome boost to local hoteliers at what would otherwise be a quiet time of the year."
Whether those travellers aiming for Manchester, Liverpool or London who end up in Prestwick instead feel quite the same way is another matter.
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