I’m in Edinburgh right now, and read the morning press with suspicion. It’s full of quotes from Wendy Alexander’s friends saying she would not stand down at all. Hmm. What summed it up for me was a brilliant piece by Angus Macleod (my successor) in The Times. After the complaint against Wee Wendy declaring her donations was upheld, he said, “her chances of ever becoming First Minister are next to nil. Until her allies confront that brutal reality and be brave enough to do something about it they can do nothing but await the next Wendy Alexander crisis.” She must have decided the same, and with Holyrood in recess she’ll have taken an early holiday.
I never rated her, and was mystified by this claim that she was very clever, which seemed to be based on the fact that she spoke quickly.
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