Maybe they just like line-dancing?

The old municipal traditions are being maintained. The Evening News reveals that the age of junkets has not yet disappeared:

A COUNCIL meeting in West Lothian is to be postponed because too many members will be away on an official visit to Texas.
The full council was due to meet on September 16, but since that date was drawn up plans have been put in place for several elected members and council officials to visit Grapevine, Texas, as part of a recently established twinning agreement.

For the record, West Lothian Council has 32 councillors whose political make up is 14 Labour, 13 Scottish National Party, one Conservative, one Independent and three Action to Save St John's Hospital.