(342)  WHEN IN DOUBT, SEND FOR A SCOTS LAWYER

The appointment of Des Browne, MP for Kilmarnock and Loudon and an advocate, as Immigration Minister following the resignation of Beverley Hughes on 1 April 2004 (what a day to go) prompted a patriotic comment from the BBC correspondent Andrew Marr, mindful of a world in which Lords Cullen and Penrose have also recently been called upon by government:  When in doubt