Holyrood has been stunned this week by the shock resignation of Labour MSP Frank McAveety. Mr McAveety, representative for Glasgow Rutherglen has promised to fight his seat again on the subject of ‘Scottish liberties.’
Reacting to the SNP’s plans earlier this week to ban the sale of off sales alcohol to under 21’s, Labour MSP Frank McAveety has reacted angrily.In his resignation statement, he said he feared 21 year olds were just the beginning and next could be thirty year olds, fifty year olds…”
“In truth, 21 years is just one - perhaps the most salient example - of the insidious, surreptitious and relentless erosion of fundamental Scottish freedoms. Buying a cheap pack of 24 cans of Tennents and getting leathered before going doon the dancin is a fundamental part of our liberties. It has been this way since the days of the declaration of Arbroath.
"This cannot go on. It must be stopped and for that reason today I feel it is incumbent on me to make a stand," said Mr McAveety.
Scottish Labour Party leader Wendy Alexander was unavailable for comment as she was crusing the internet betting site Betfair. Insiders have said she is: “not that arsed.”
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