Seeking a solution
Niftily discerning a bandwagon, Alex Salmond has written to Susan Boyle, she of the splendid voice designed to demonstrate that "Britain's Got Talent".
He is offering her best wishes.
This fits rather splendidly with Mr Salmond's inclusive pitch, as outlined in his speech to the SNP's spring conference in Glasgow.
Not content with taking his Cabinet on tour round Scotland, the first minister wants to bring them to a consultation suite near you.
More precisely, he wants to offer stakeholders a chance to present their solutions to the economic crisis directly to ministers.
High tea
Eck had offered a similar chance to Team Brown, the UK Cabinet.
Unaccountably, they declined - offering Mr Salmond high tea in Fife instead.
To be fair, this is a potentially good wheeze - although one wonders what the stakeholders (unions and the rest) will say face to face that they couldn't say in an emailed paper.
However, it is undoubtedly true that nations need all hands to the wheel in these troubled times.
One can but hope that said stakeholders will set aside the projects to advance their own group's interests and consider the wider economy.
I'm 
Comments
or to comment.