Laugh? I Nearly Voted
So it's refreshing to see some politicians adopting a different campaigning tack ahead of the 2007 Holyrood elections, and trying to engage with the public on a natural level.
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Vladimir McTavish hits the button on several occasions, too, explaining that a pre-op transsexual can drink 35 units a week because they're a woman trapped in a man's body, and that gay adoption is the only thing that could bring the Catholic church and the Orange Lodge into agreement.
Afterwards, MacDonald admitted to being nervous on stage, and perhaps it held her back. "I was trying to be reasonable tonight - I could have been more caustic. I'm not all that guarded anyway, it's a wee problem that I have."
