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When something smells fishy

Barely in the job, Johann Lamont has already mastered the first task of any Scottish Labour leader.

When Alex Salmond speaks, respond as though to a very bad smell.

It doesn't matter what he might have to say. It doesn't matter that your own argument might be a little frayed around the edges. At all costs, behave as though the very existence of the First Minister is offensive to decent folk.