Few join Queen in celebrating Scottish Parliament anniversary

Unfortunately for Her Majesty, few of her subjects felt like joining in - to talk of crowds in the Royal Mile would be a gross exaggeration - and even many of those who were supposed to be the principal celebrants stayed away.

In another day of manifest confusion, we had happy smiling children playing with balloons - no, not the politicians - and having their faces painted in gaudy colours in what was a gigantic birthday party for Holyrood but also up to 50 MSPs absenting themselves from the occasion.

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