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About David: The Not So Nice Things Others Say

These are some of the Not So Nice Things Others Have Said about me (that are printable!)

Behind-the-scenes man
"Actually, Mr Maclean is a behind-the-scenes man and isn't much used to the dispatch box so the gibe was all the more cruel for being kind."
Simon Carr, 'The Sketch: If crime is down by a third, how can it still be rampant?' - 26 November 2004

Friend of beggars?
“Very strong views on law and order, once hitting headlines with claim that only thing he would give a beggar was "piece of my mind".”
Herald newspaper - 11 November 2003

Maverick
“He cultivates a slightly maverick reputation. When he joined the Home Office, colleagues lobbied him to impose a ban on smoking (cigar-smoking Ken Clarke having gone to the Treasury). He was outraged and took up smoking menthol cigarettes.”
Daily Telegraph - 24 January 2003

Hipster
“in successive Ministerial jobs…he has enraged civil servants and embarrassed Ministerial colleagues because he has sought to make a virtue out of shooting from the hip”
Peter Hetherington, The Guardian

Kill the Witch!
"he never quite allays the suspicion that, as a mediaeval Minister for Witch Extermination, Mr Maclean would be expert in his enthusiasm for the ducking stool”
Matthew Parris, The Times

Abrasive
“he has an eager combative spirit and the usual pin-striped confidence of an abrasive Scots lawyer”
Almanac of British Politics

And finally...
"There's a lot more where these quotes came from, but in case we don't find them and you know a quote about David Maclean or want to add your own words of wisdom to this section of the site, just get in touch by going to our contacts page."
Unattributed - 28 March 2005

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