"PAT Lally, the veteran Glasgow politician, stormed into the Cathcart by-election yesterday, flanked by a group of suitably maverick supporters and with his very own campaign song.
"We're on the road wi' Lally's army" may not propel the 79-year-old former lord provost to pop stardom, but it certainly had enough surprise value to make his opponents sit up and listen when it was unveiled at an Edinburgh press conference.
It didn't seem to bother Mr Lally that the original 1978 version, by Andy Cameron, marked Scotland's ignominious defeat under Ally McLeod at the World Cup in Argentina.
Indeed, Mr Lally, who is standing in the by-election as an independent, tore into his version - which was written for him by a friend - with gusto...
Mr Lally also demonstrated that he intended to inject his own brand of political wit into the contest.
Asked what he thought of Jack McConnell, Mr Lally replied: "His name is vaguely familiar. Basically, I agree with everything the New Labour candidate said about the First Minister."
If I can be a wee bit po-faced, at what stage does this begin to verge on contempt - both for the electoral process and for the voters of Cathcart?
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