Doubling up

Douglas Fraser is The Herald's esteemed Scottish political editor. But, on a morning when the Scottish political news is dominated by the First Minister's broadcasting commission, Mr Fraser seems to have become The Herald's weather correspondent; he writes:

Scotland last month faced rainfall 41% above the average for July and the June figure was 60% over the normal level.
But that was swamped over the past two months by rainfall over England, which was 218% above the average last month, while June's was 233% more than the long-term mean...
England's rain in June and July was the worst on record for those months, but there have been 16 wetter Julys in Scotland since the current records were first kept in 1914.
The downpours followed England's warmest ever spring, while Scotland had its second warmest, beaten only by 2003.

While I am all in favour of multi-tasking, I have to wonder if this is the best use of Mr Fraser's valuable time?