Has Mr Brown forgotten that the last full time Secretary of State for Scotland, Helen Liddell (aka Stalin's Granny), had so little to do that she was accused of taking French lessons in office hours? That was of course before she was banished to Canberra (where her linguistic abilities were of doubtful utility).
As for the Scotland Office in more recent times, it was only last December that The Scotsman reported:
THE role of the Scotland Office has been brought into question by new figures which show how little work is apparently being done by its staff.
The 22 staff who work in the lavish surroundings of Dover House in London send out less than one letter per working day and the premises' luxury rooms were used for just 37 days this year for hosting functions for visiting Scottish ministers and dignitaries.
There is no need for postbag either, with the office receiving fewer than seven letters a day.
And for a government often accused of putting spin before substance, the press officer seems surprisingly unbusy, with just 47 press releases in one year ...
And, of course, when a crisis arose, when the Scottish Secretary of State actually had to do something, such as when the UK Government was considering a deal with Libya impacting on the Executive's powers with regard to justice, where was wee Duggie, the current part-time incumbent? A good question, but answer came there none.
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This smells like Brown wants to reinstate the Scottish Secretary so he can put up a bigger beast to fight against Salmond.
...while at the same time freeing himself from having to interact with Salmond himself.
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