Cheeky Boys and Girls


I enjoyed this diary piece from The Times which records a funny encounter involving the former first minister, Jack McConnell, and a woman who thought he is married to one of the Cheeky Girls. 

 As the piece says, if the No campaign is relying on help from Lembit they really should consider calling it a day, but I can't help thinking that some of these radical 'home rule' supporters from Scottish Labour Action have fallen such a long way.  

Lembit gets off scot-free
It has been seven long years since Jack McConnell was Scotland’s first minister and some north of the border seem to have forgotten their former leader. While campaigning against independence in Glasgow, he was asked by one woman: “Are you that one off the telly who is married to the Cheeky Girls?” If Scots think Lembit Öpik is backing Better Together then the Union doesn’t stand a chance.

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