VETERAN politician Tam Dalyell tells in his recently published autobiography, The Importance of Being Awkward, that within days of being elected as MP for West Lothian, he mentioned to a local newspaper editor that some Linlithgow residents had complained to him about dog mess in the streets.
VETERAN politician Tam Dalyell tells in his recently published autobiography, The Importance of Being Awkward, that within days of being elected as MP for West Lothian, he mentioned to a local newspaper editor that some Linlithgow residents had complained to him about dog mess in the streets.
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The newspaper printed a short story about it, and as soon as the newspaper hit the streets Tam was phoned by the local councillor at eight in the morning. He recalls: “‘Tam,’ he said, ‘Westminster, your business. Dog shit, mine.’ Whereupon the telephone was slammed down. That was the first and only occasion I had a brush with West Lothian Council.”
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Another fine mess
VETERAN politician Tam Dalyell tells in his recently published autobiography, The Importance of Being Awkward, that within days of being elected as MP for West Lothian, he mentioned to a local newspaper editor that some Linlithgow residents had complained to him about dog mess in the streets.
The newspaper printed a short story about it, and as soon as the newspaper hit the streets Tam was phoned by the local councillor at eight in the morning. He recalls: “‘Tam,’ he said, ‘Westminster, your business. Dog shit, mine.’ Whereupon the telephone was slammed down. That was the first and only occasion I had a brush with West Lothian Council.”
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