Trivial

I was at the farm shop bright and early, although the weather was far from bright. 

It had all the look and feel of the morning after a very wet day - see the Blip. 

As often happens I decided to hang about for a coffee after my shopping because I figured I might not get much time outside today with the way the weather forecast looked. 

The only other people looking for coffee that early were a former First Minister and his wife. I think he recognised me, but could not figure out where from, and decided I was best ignored. I was delighted to oblige. 

However, Henry McLeish does have the distinction of winning an election against Jacob Rees-Mogg - the 1997 election to the UK Parliament. McLeish got 58% of the vote compared to 9%. In fact Rees-Mogg was only 3rd and his party's vote share dropped from 17% in the 1992 election down to 9%. 

I have heard it said that Rees-Mogg brought his nanny to take care of him while campaigning. 

As you may have realised from this narrative, nothing much interesting happened today apart from my morning jaunt.