A blogger from my old patch has passed comment on me:

“Whilst I admit that I am mystified as to why [David MacLean] continues to remain so close to what appear to be a rag-tag of hard left Labourites, millionaires and nutters, I do enjoy his writing and his ability to dig out a good story.”

A back-handed compliment is better than no compliment at all…

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