Lord Ha Ha

Before everyone gets too teary-eyed about Mike Watson (a Scottish politician who got so pissed at the Scottish Politician of the Year Award that he tried to set fire to the hotel it was being held in), just remember who paid his wages.

This recently elevated Lord Watson is a New Labour embarrassment.

The media's coverage of the whole affair has been hilarious - unsure where to put a step when the whole edifice is shown up like this. Most reports are prefaced by, "Of course it's a terrible personal tragedy for the man", and the ensuing by-election will be full of unsubtle references to the, er, unfortunate incident. But this is not some wayward rogue but a senior figure in Scotland's New Labour leadership, despite their efforts to pretend otherwise.

Many would have more sympathy for the man if he hadn't completely denied the action - until such time as the CCTV footage showed him doing it. The election (Watson had a majority of 5,112 over the SNP in the 2003 Holyrood election) is due for Sept 29th - the same day as the Livingston election caused by the death of Robin Cook.

I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter
You're the firestarter, twisted firestarter
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter

I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter
You're the firestarter, twisted firestarter

I'm the self inflicted, mind detonator - yeah
I'm the one infected, twisted animator