Fans of satirical political fiction may be familiar with the blog of “Councillor Terry Kelly.” It’s an incredible effort, as these things go – constant musings about the “laugharendum”, jokes about wee Eck and his tartanshirts, over enthusiastic use of inverted commas in “inappropriate situations“ etc. etc.
Whenever I read it, I get the stench of stale bevvie and sweaty rage which I’d always assumed whoever the author was wished to convey. I sometimes felt a bit guilty about how far it went in roasting the angry, tribal patriarchs of local government, yet their essence is so well captured in the mass of varying fonts, Arthur Scargill tributes and constant insinuation that Scotland is drifting towards fascist dictatorship with Alex Salmond (BOO!) at the helm.
My feelings of guilt/amusement were rather diminished this week when it was pointed out to me that Councillor Kelly is not the creation of…
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