Cherry’s glee is just too ghastly

HORROR show of the century? Joanna Cherry, dripping with triumphant smuggery, as she sprinted for the cameras outside the Scottish courts this week after the ruling that Boris Johnson had acted illegally by proroguing parliament.

‘As a Scottish MP and a Scottish lawyer I am very proud that Scotland’s highest court has made this unanimous ruling,’ she boasted, fair turning pink with the excitement and exertion of it all. She looked like a prize hen who had just laid a very big egg.

The SNP stalwart went on to criticise Downing Street and others who had dared to discredit the judiciary in Scotland over the ruling, as this showed ‘a complete lack of respect for Scotland’s elected parliamentarians and institutions’. Really? Where was she when Alex Salmond did exactly the same thing — in reverse — launching a series of attacks on the authority of the UK Supreme Court.

The then first minister accused the court of ‘intervening aggressively’ in Scotland’s legal system after it ruled that it had twice breached the European Convention on Human Rights in significant criminal cases.

Joanna, zip it with the faux outrage. We can all see what you and everyone else is doing; acting from personal vested interest and dearly held political viewpoint, not concern for the law or protocol.

Your glee gives you away. And that is never a good look.

Delicious news from the Downton Abbey premiere. creator Julian Fellowes revealed the movie might not be the end after all. ‘i thought this is going to be a nice full stop, but there is such an appetite for it, i can see it carrying on — i’d never say never!’ he said. some TV series outstay their welcome. However, i think i could watch Downtown Abbey for ever. so long as Mrs Patmore has the breath in her body to tick off Daisy while making a batch of hooves en gelee, i shall be there with them.