Translating English into American
An article in the Guardian (UK) today is mildly interesting in that it deals with a topic relevant to any country holding elections.Ex-UN observer to lead Scottish elections inquiry
"A former United Nations elections observer has been appointed to head the investigation into the chaotic Scottish elections, which saw nearly 140,000 spoilt ballot papers...
"He will report back by the summer on the debacle which saw spoilt papers outnumber the winning majority in several constituencies in the tightest race in the history of the Scottish parliament..."
But the really good lines in the article came at the very end. Could your students translate what Matthew Tempest, the Guardian political correspondent was writing about? Why would one of the rare Conservatives in the Scottish Parliament be the only candidate for speaker? Why might he get elected as speaker?
"Meanwhile MSPs will today select their new 'presiding officer', or Speaker, in a secret ballot."So far the only declared candidate is the Tory MSP Alex Fergusson [pictured at right]. Since the presiding officer must withdraw the party whip, Labour and the SNP and Liberal Democrats are believed to be reluctant to lose an MSP."
Labels: devolution, politics, UK
posted by Ken Wedding @ 7:51 AM
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