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MSP Humza Yousaf took time off the campaign trail to pose at govan Old Bar for a photograph that’s oddly reminiscent of Da Vinci’s Last Supper mixed with Hogarth’s gin Lane. Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop got her hands on a Tennent’s tap – always going the extra mile for T in the Park. also playing mine host was former first minister alex Salmond. and who’s that peeking over the guinness tap? Why, it’s his bosom buddy Tasmina ahmed-Sheikh, slightly out of her Ochil and South Perthshire hinterland, and a key part of every photo op for the former SNP leader. OFTEN worried looking, Prince William must be fretting over the reception accorded to his (Foreign Office-written) speech to young diplomats, interpreted by some as being pro-EU. He thought he’d avoided the EU debate mire by singing the praises of the Commonwealth, who, for some, are faithful friends we abandoned in favour of knavish Europeans. HOLLYWOOD actress Natascha Mcelhone, 44, pictured, discovered prior to a holiday with her sons that her passport had expired. Her Irish mother Noreen tells me: ‘She went to the British passport office but, although she has a British father and was born here, she was told they’d need to conduct a special investigation. remembering my Irish nationality, she tried the Irish passport office. They said, “Sure, we know fine who you are,” and her passport is on its way.’ NOTING the embarrassment of Sir Paul McCartney, 73, in Los Angeles – denied entry to a party for nobodies – Piers Morgan gloats: ‘ Moment Sir Paul McCartney’s ego met an LA doorman’s iron resolve... hilarious.’ Morgan was responsible for introducing Sir Paul to his second wife, Heather Mills, 48, and they were together for six years. Daughter Stella (by first wife Linda) later told Piers (he says): ‘Dad’s really grateful, you cost him $50million.’ eU-supporting actress emma Thompson, 56, who described the Uk as a ‘cakefilled, misery laden, grey old island,’ is sometimes suspected of hypocrisy. When it was revealed the high-profile Left-winger had sent her daughter, gaia, to a private school, Miss Thompson insisted they didn’t live in the catchment area for a suitable state school. as you do. WELL-nourished Tory MP Sir Nicholas Soames, 68, tells Twitter fans: ‘Do you ever listen to Women’s Hour (sic) ? Goodness me! Did you ever hear such a dismal litany? Must be hell being a woman.’ No doubt his second wife, Serena – a niece of the Duchess of Grafton – takes this in her stride. FOLLOWINg eU discussions with the PM yesterday, Boris Johnson quoted arnold Schwarzenegger’s catchphrase: ‘I’ll be baaaack!’ In 2007, when Boris was the (chaotic) warm-up act for David Cameron at the Tory conference, arnie – appearing via a satellite link – was heard chortling: ‘He’s fumbling all over the place!’