THE Labour Party is sending 100 of its members to the States to advise the Democrats on how to win an election. Presumably it’s their best men and women, so we can safely conclude that Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner will be staying put in Blighty. If Labour can afford to loan out talent, does this mean they’ve managed to solve all the problems this side of the pond? Useful to know, next time you find yourself number 139 in a telephone queue, waiting to talk to a call centre operative in Mumbai about your chances of seeing a GP some time this decade.
So what advice will Labour give the Democrats? For starters, they’ll probably explain how to work closely with Taylor Swift, and give her anything she wants, short of the Crown Jewels and a backdoor key to Number 10. They might also suggest copying Keir Starmer’s legendary fashion sense, by splodging a hefty wodge of Brylcreem on the scalp, first thing in the morning. (Though this might not be the best look for Kamala Harris.
) The Diary , alas, has not been asked to help either the Democrats or the Republican Party. Just as well, really. We’ve got far too much work to do in Scotland , collecting all our wonderful stories, including the following classic yarns from our archives.
.. Fighting talk IN a Glasgow school a teacher was taking a pupil to task for defacing his jotter cover with sectarian slogans.
The teacher was, however, amused at the pupil’s spelling of an oft-mentioned battle. The child had written: “1690. R.