Hague beckons

opportunity was spurned, as a Tory/ Westminster decision regarding Heathrow meant that she could not publicly praise their decision, and worse, could not pillory them, as she was in favour, anyway. A picture of someone sucking lemons come to mind.

Alas, my copy proved to be no collector’s item as I finally reached a picture of her on page 23, though the shot did at least do the lemon concept justice.

However, following the recent trip to Europe by Scotland’s college wrecking-ball, Mike Russell, and Culture and Jackie of All Trades Secretary, Fiona Hyslop, I assume that the First Minister has been assured that the latter’s cheque for £150,000, proffered by the latter to the EEC, will have secured Scotland’s place in the Eurovision Song Contest. FRASER MACGREGOR Liberton Drive, Edinburgh When it looked as if the lunatics would take over the asylum in 2014, my wife and I seriously considered the option of upping stakes and leaving for North Cornwall.

Now that the crazies have also taken over England, the Western European continent looks increasingly appealing but the question of frozen pensions raises its ugly head.

British old age pensioners living in the likes of Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, Portugal Sweden and Spain will lose annual state pension increases because these countries entered the European Union after 1981.

If I was 25 again, just married with my new PHD in Physics, I would head off to the US but in my mid-70s a move to the likes of The Hague is truly tempting.

DR JOHN CAMERON Howard Place, St Andrews