The game is hopelessly ill-equipped to carry the burden of emotional expression the Scots seek to load upon it
Hugh McIlvanney
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Islay McLeod
Obama had a big win here
(near Falkirk)
A consolation prize for Romney
(Perthshire)
And another one
(Renfrewshire)
The Tombstone Saloon, where the Republicans have gone
(Millport)
Each campaign cost a billion of these
(Clackmannanshire)
Islay McLeod is deputy editor of the Scottish Review
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