Several big boys did it and ran away. Douglas Alexander, the Scottish Secretary, adopted a variation on the theme that someone else is always to blame when explaining to MPs yesterday the background to the shambles that marred last Thursday's Holyrood poll. Mr Alexander was at pains to point out to MPs that three of the four main parties north of the border (Labour, the SNP and the Liberal Democrats) favoured using a single ballot paper for the Scottish parliamentary elections. The Conservatives did not respond to the consultation.
Several big boys did it and ran away. Douglas Alexander, the Scottish Secretary, adopted a variation on the theme that someone else is always to blame when explaining to MPs yesterday the background to the shambles that marred last Thursday's Holyrood poll.
