Not enough hot air

It seems that there is no point in looking to Holyrood for an alternative energy source - students have measured the hot air coming out of Westminster and have discovered that, even if all the MPs were talking at once, they would only generate the equivalent of 10 hairdryers! No wonder Calton is freezing - even if you add the heat generated by MSPs burning off their political lunches you still wouldn't get enough to keep the eyrie at a reasonable temperature. Meanwhile the chill wind of press restriction continues to blow through both parliaments - Holyrood Mouse must be feeling a bit like the hamster which was rescued from a blizzard earlier this week. Calton has just signed the Blog Off petition for an unregulated blogosphere and Nick Pickles, Director of Big Brother Watch, has a thoughful article on bloggers and press regulation on Conservative Home. Depending on who you listen to, blogs such as this one, which is not for profit and written by one person, would not be covered by the proposed new Royal Charter however we have yet to find out what the impact on Scotland will be and so Calton is keeping his tinder dry (as much as he can in this weather). The threat to freedom of speech remains a very real one.