Back from Inverness
I’ve returned from a couple of days in Inverness where I was attending an out-of-London meeting of the Ofcom Consumer Panel. This is the furtherest north that I’ve ever been in the United Kingdom.
The local constituency goes by the catchy name of Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey and we met the constituency MP, Liberal Democrat Danny Alexander. He is walking evidence that it is not just policemen who seem to be getting younger.
Although II didn’t have the opportunity to go searching for the Loch Ness monster, I had a little time to wander round the town and found that the wave of immigrants from Eastern Europe to the UK is reaching to every part of the country. I met Poles and Lithuanians and they were suitably impressed when I could say “Good morning” in their language.
I am not surprised – but pleased – by the report this week showing that these migrants are making a positive contribution to our economy.