Campaigning for the May election could hardly be described as being on full throttle. This is the Scottish parliament, after all. Throttles are rarely turned up to the max.
I should have been flying out to Australia next Tuesday for the last two weeks of the AdelaIde Fringe. I have decided to cancel due to the crisis in the Middle East. I did not want to be stranded halfway there.
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