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Quote of the week
During the Scottish Government debate on Broadband, Christine Grahame reveals her online 'strengths and weaknesses'...
Christine Grahame (Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) (SNP): "I really feel like the proverbial fish out of water. I say to Willie Coffey that I speak, in part, for some of the over-55s. In addition, I am a technophobe. I can change a light bulb and I am so-so with fuses, but white space, ducts, ISPs and 4G are a complete mystery to me. I do not tweet—my brother forbids it, because he seems to think that I am a bit indiscreet. Unsurprisingly, I am a master at shopping online."
The debate contains plenty of other potential "quotes of the week", the best of which will feature in forthcoming editions of our daily bulletin Parliament Today .
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