8 Politicians in NY - Bill £101,000

That's right. £101,000 to send the 8 politicians to New York for Tartan Week. A quick check of British Airways website gives me a round trip business class ticket (that's assuming they need to go business class) at only £ 3,835.80 - What happened to the other £70,000.

Scottish Nationalist MSP Alex Neil said: "I think it is bordering on becoming a big jolly. We have not really seen the tangible benefits we should have seen from previous Tartan weeks."

More info:Hell of a check to pay for Tartan Day trip