U-turns and conversions

During yesterdays meeting an SNP councillor who had assured people visiting his surgery that he was going to vote with a Labour motion, explained that his change of mind was the result of being spoken to by the SNP leader.

We have seen so many examples of these Damascus road like experiences by SNP councillors in the last 12 months that the Labour benches have begun to wonder if these days, at least in the SNP world, BC means "before Cardownie" and AD means "after dressingdown".

I think we should be told!