Minister for Parliamentary Business and Chief Whip
THE SNP's steady capture of Dundee at council, Holyrood and Westminster level was seen as the model for the Nationalist take-over of the whole country, so it is no surprise that one of the architects of that has been entrusted with the job of keeping MSPs on message.
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