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Liberal Democrat Michael Moore named “Best Scot at Westminster”

By Caron Lindsay | Tue 20th November 2012 - 4:37 pm

It’s been a good few weeks for Liberal Democrat Secretary of State for Scotland, Michael Moore. First of all, he was described as Westminster’s answer to James Bond by John Rentoul in the Independent for his role in bringing about the Edinburgh Agreement which set the process for Scotland’s independence referendum. Rentoul said:

Salmond has been underestimated before, although support for independence in opinion polls has rarely exceeded one third of the electorate. But he may have met his match in Moore, as skilful in judging the politics of Whitehall as he is the mood of Scotland. It may be that, after the referendum, Moore will be counted the most successful Liberal Democrat in the Cabinet, and, even, the man who saved the United Kingdom.

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