Johnny come lately

I noted with interest that the Liberal MP for Edinburgh West has recently joined a couple of conservative led campaigns.

Firstly he joined Struan Stevenson MEP's campaign to outlaw the use of dog and cat fur in the EU. A campaign he has run tirelessly since the late 1990's. I am pleased to note that largely as a result of Struan's hard work and campaigning, the law was changed. So, it was good to see cross party support, albeit somewhat at the last minute.

The second campaign that he joined was the Conservative campaign to get justice for the Equitable life pensioners. This is a campaign that has been run by the Conservatives.

It was Conservatives who forced the Government to allow the Parliamentary Ombudsman to investigate the regulation of Equitable Life and we welcomed her report that was critical of Government regulatory failures. We were therefore pleased when he issued a press release supporting our campaign last week.

As they say, better late than never.