Grinless Salmond

I can't help feeling some pleasure at the Labour by-election win at Glenrothes. I didn't think I'd ever write anything like that. But, firstly, there are very few delights in life comparable to seeing Alex Salmond with the smug grin wiped off his face. Secondly, I believe that Gordon Brown deserves some credit for a relatively skilled handling of the economic crisis (note the word "relatively"). The Tories would have done no better, or even worse, in handling the crisis, particularly given that the current need for regulation and nationalisation is not exactly home turf for the Tories.