MP has got his eye on whisky

A 23-YEAR-OLD cask of Scotch whisky filled by the former chancellor Ken Clarke can finally be opened now a Scottish constituency has voted the Tories back in, the area’s new MP has said.

Douglas Ross, the MP for Moray, revealed the anecdote to MPs as he made his maiden speech in the Commons.

Mr Ross said: “Everyone will have their favourite tipple from a Moray distillery, but one I’m particularly interested in at present currently sits in warehouse number one at Glenfarclas Distillery.

“The cask was filled in 1994 by the Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe [Mr Clarke], who was also at the time chancellor of the exchequer.”