PETER JACKSON

THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW
Scotland now has exactly as many Lions as the sum total of Conservative and Labour Members of Parliament – two. Even in a winning season, their number keeps shrinking.
Maybe a time will come soon enough when an independent Scotland leaves the Union to reunite with Europe, when they can tell the British and Irish Lions to take a running jump and officially shorten their name to the English, Irish and Welsh Lions. Regrettably, it won’t make much difference to the here and now.
The Lions have been managing without them in any meaningful qua...