Summary
AS Labour's justice spokesman, Richard Baker is forever fretting about Scotland's gruesome relationship with The Drink. Just how effective a campaigner he is can be judged from the fact even his Holyrood assistant ignores him. On Wednesday, Gordon Aikman, Baker's "research and communications officer", e-mailed his fellow Labour drudges at Holyrood about "The many EXCELLENT reasons to booze tomorrow night. . .". These included the Easter recess, pay day, a couple of birthdays and "like we need an excuse".
Icepick hears their thirst was such that what started as an evening in a high-end cocktail bar ended in a notorious "meat market" club around 3am. All in the name of vital parliamentary research, no doubt.See the full content of this document
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Icepick - Scottish Political Diary
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