John Reid is an elected MP from ENGLANDS parliament in Westminster, he turned up to make fun of the Tory parties manifesto launch instead of appearing before a Scottish "Parliamentary" committee.

SNP leader Alex Salmond said: "Under John Reid, the office of Secretary of State for Scotland has been reduced to Tony Blair's message boy being sent to picket a Tory Party press conference instead of being answerable to the Scottish people. It is huge snub to the Scottish Parliament, but his sense of priority exposes him as a politician who is Blair's puppet in London and not Scotland's representative in the Cabinet."