After mentioning yesterday how Scotland may be inroducing STV for council elections, I found this Scotsman article saying that Labour councillors in Scotland are threatening a 'four-year war' against the Executive to prevent it.

Mr McCabe, the leader of the Labour group on council umbrella organisation COSLA, said: "STV will bring total chaos to local government with no clear decision making processes, having to form coalitions and agree with certain policies to which we were opposed in the Labour Party."

Or, in translation, 'we're quite used to having our own little fiefdoms and kingdoms. How dare anyone do anything to threaten our continued domination?'