From the beginning

People have tried to argue with me over my “20 years of a Scottish Parliament”, pointing out that the chattering shop didn’t open for business until 1999. Yes, but the referendum on a devolved parliament went the way of the nationalists in 1997 and they did have to spend a small fortune on designing and building the carbuncle, which is currently occupied by the Parliament in Scotland, before the inmates could be allowed to infest it. At HUGE expense to the English taxpayer. So my 20 years of shelling out cash to the Scots still stands, despite all the shot and shell.