Them and US

SOME intriguing FOI releases about Angus Robertson’s recent trip to North America. The SNP Constitution Secretary and two officials cost us £12,823 for their Tartan Week jaunt, including £1,730 on “Private Car Hire”, which is usually code for a big motor and a chauffeur. The trio didn’t skimp on hotels either, staying at the Hilton Niagara Falls and five-star Fairmont in Toronto.

Also kipped in was the Art Deco Evelyn Hotel in New York, which blends “timeless style and avantgarde glam”. The first thing a Google search shows is that it’s “Right by the Museum of Sex”. Surely a coincidence.