SNP David’s a fun guy

BACKBENCHERS resent being kept in the dark and fed rubbish by Ministers, so might this explain David Linden’s strong aversion to mushrooms? The Glasgow East Nationalist MP informed the Commons last week that he ‘abhors’ the edible fungi, which can ‘ruin a perfectly good lasagne’. If Scotland became independent, Mr Linden joked weakly, a Mushroom Abolition Act would follow. SCOTTISH politics has its fair share of heart-stopping moments – the mere thought of Indyref 2 causes many hearts to skip a beat – but did two Nationalist MSPs really have to ask Holyrood chiefs to pay for publicly available defibrillators? Mind you, having seen many a backbencher asleep in the Chamber, Dog can think of one or two in need of a high-energy shock.