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September 11, 2004
Holyrood security I
Some journalists from the Scotsman have had some fun testing the (non-existent) security at Holyrood, according to an amusingly written account by Angie Brown. It’s another illustration of just how far you can go in life if you are wearing a suit.
The highlight was a conversation with a workman who “talked openly” about entering the office of the SNP deputy leader one night. “We were in Nicola Sturgeon’s office and some of the guys were playing around with her laptop. We didn’t switch it on, but if we had I don’t know what we might have found. We probably could have seen all her secret files.”
In a way this is reassuring. I had no idea that Nicola Sturgeon had a computer.
Hmm … I suppose this is a serious subject and the newspaper deserves credit for the exposure, but what did anyone expect? It reminds me of a comment by Portillo, at the time of the Bush visit, that the Americans should bring their own security as there wasn’t any here.
Does anyone know any Holyrood lightbulb jokes?
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Posted by Simon Holledge at September 11, 2004 10:38 AM