ALEX Salmond is no stranger to the art of hyperbole but he has been emphatically outdone – you could say trumped – by an outrageous epistle that landed on the First Minister's desk yesterday afternoon.
It is true that the BBC has a hard job on its hands as it prepares to negotiate the difficult political terrain which lies between us and the referendum in 2014 - but it will need to do so with a great deal more skill than it displayed while planning its coverage of yesterday's Six Nations match between Scotland and England.
The young Scots who met Alex Salmond yesterday no doubt agreed with him that there is nothing more important than giving opportunity and life chances to their age group.
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ALEX Salmond is no stranger to the art of hyperbole but he has been emphatically outdone – you could say trumped – by an outrageous epistle that landed on the First Minister's desk yesterday afternoon.
PITY the babyboomers.
PRESENTING a budget takes a degree of showmanship and yesterday, John Swinney was quite the magician.
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