Getting ready to go down to the Job Centre

The death was announced today of a 71 year old snob who had bugger all to do with Scotland. Please all fly the flags outside your castles and baronial homes at half-mast.

We do not wish to dwell on the shortcomings of Princess Margaret, the Scottish newspapers are being as nice as possible about her, but finding it difficult to maintain a universally positive tone.

What FirstFoot objects to is having the story so high on the news agenda. Margaret was a drink sodden, chain-smoking, rude and obnoxious individual who had precious little relevance to Scotland. So, a footnote at the end of the news would be much more in keeping with her place in the Scottish firmament.

FirstFoot suggests:

"An unemployed drunk died today".