John McLellan: Me? Influential? Cammy Day's having a laugh

My council colleague Cammy Day somewhat exaggerated my influence when he wrote in this week's Evening News that I had persuaded the Conservative group to support a tourist tax.

Labour group leader Cammy Day

Not so. Cammy’s problem is that his SNP partners have been put back in their box by the national party before they could even get a concrete proposal off the ground.

So my group can’t take an official position on something which doesn’t exist.

As I wrote here last week, my personal view for many years is that, in principle, a visitor levy can work and it would be hypocritical to change my mind now.

But I admire Cammy’s sense of mischief and good humour…