"THE red leather armchairs, matching sofa and new lighting were meant to attract more custom from the nation's lawmakers ready to quench their thirsts after a hard day at Holyrood.
But the £25,000 makeover of the MSPs' bar at the Scottish Parliament has been a total failure, increasing business by a paltry £1 per day.
The new furniture, which also included blinds and rugs, was intended to create more of a "gentlemen's club" atmosphere.
But the income from the bar in the five months since the refurbishment totalled £10,859 - just £169 more than for the same period the previous year.
And the figures for the adjoining MSP-only restaurant show an even worse picture - a fall in income of nearly £12,000."
Westminster would be ashamed if any of its myriad bars failed to generate income of more than £2,170 per month. Our MSPs must try harder.
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