Former polis now full of the joys of autumn.

SINCE giving up his previous existence as a tough Lothian and Borders polis, has Lib Dem MP Mike Crockart, right, gone a little ga-ga? The man who once spent his life fearlessly fighting crime and tackling thieves now tweets of the joys of autumn in his Edinburgh West constituency. Seemingly unaware of his party's growing unpopularity as a lightweight adjunct to the Tories, he announced exuberantly: 'Just done first leaf-kicking of year on way home!' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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