Frank McAveety, the Labour MSP who left his microphone on while discussing a certain young lady in the audience of his committee meeting, has quit as the committee’s convener and Scottish Labour’s sports spokesman. While these remarks were clearly embarrassing, as Guido said yesterday, find him a man who hasn’t made a similar remark to a friend.

It was a blunder, but McAveety’s resignation came as a bit of surprise to some, a tip from a Caledonian co-conspirator explains why he had to go though. The object of McAveety’s roving eye was an intern who is just 15.