FibDems

Squealer snorted again with delight this morning after reading what the leader of Edinburgh City Council wants to do to separate her from the ‘hoi polloi’. Finally the truth from the Fibs about what they really think of the citizenry (or subjects?). Jenny Dawe, the leader of Edinburgh City Council, and a Liberal Democrat (Aristocrat?) said, "…there are important civic occasions when I feel it would be important to set us apart from the hoi polloi".

As a part of the hoi polloi Squealer is as disgusted as everyone else by this rare truthful admission from the Fib Dems. Apparently to the Lib Dems some animals are more equal than others.

Naturally and rightfully this has sparked outrage – the Fibs want to play expensive dressing up while they close schools all over Edinburgh.

It has been a long and lazy summer for Squealer. However since recent events, being so cleverly predicted by the pundits on these pages, have started to come to fruition, comment must be made.

It looks like the knives are out, yet again, for both leaders of the Fibs. First for ol’Ming and more pertinently for Scotland, Nicol ‘who’ Stephen. It seems that Charles Kennedy won’t quell rumours of his return and Marilyne MacLaren who is presiding over the closure of many schools in Edinburgh, is keen for Nicol to go and Ravishing Tavishing Scott to take over.

This may come as a surprise to some, but not to us, as we reported these not so hidden tensions long ago. If they think the summer was bad, Squealer suggests it may be the winter of their discontent as well.