Oh dear, oh dear

The Herald reports Sir Christopher Meyer's comments on, of all people, Scotland's former First Minister:

"Henry McLeish, his amiably uncharismatic successor, was struck nearly dumb with shock when, to his astonishment (and mine, to be frank), a chance remark I had made to the White House led to an invitation to meet President Bush."As poor Henry twitched and stuttered in the Oval Office, George Bush, accompanied by the then national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, genially recounted his time in Scotland as a boy," writes Sir Christopher.But he recalls that even this simple hospitality based on shared Scottish connections had explosive consequences at Westminster.He says: "After McLeish's coup, the sound of spitting from envious Westminster politicians became audible. "It caused me all kinds of problems."There are few things harder to handle than a minister who expects access way above his or her grade."One threw a tantrum and cancelled her visit, because her demands for access could not be met."

Now who do you suppose could be this tantrum-throwing Minister? Scottish, female, Cabinet rank...perhaps now in Australia?