ALL aspects of normal life have been affected by the coronavirus crisis, and birthday celebrations are no exception.
For the First Minister, who has been celebrating her 50th birthday over the weekend, it meant entertainment options were limited.
Fortunately, there’s a “world-beating” circus act down in Westminster.
The clown, also a veteran of hire wire acts, provided the perfect inspiration for a birthday card to Nicola Sturgeon.
READ MORE: Nicola Sturgeon 'overwhelmed' by happy birthday messages on her 50th
The card took pride of place in the FM’s window sill, as pictured by husband and SNP chief executive Peter Murrell.
Posting a photo last night, it wasn’t the birthday balloons which caught the attention of many onlookers.
On a card in the background showing a cartoonish figure with a striking resemblance to the Prime Minister, the caption read: “I’ve hired a first class clown for you birthday.”
READ MORE: Nicola Sturgeon has the perfect response to Boris Johnson's Scottish tour
It proved to be popular with Twitter users.
One wrote: "Class card!"
Another posted: "Love it someone has a brilliant sense of yourself and your humour. They obviously knew that it would make you laugh."
Is that First Class Clown card Boris 🤣🤣🤣 Oh that’s indeed *first class* pic.twitter.com/dr6DXsra1v
— Keep The Heid 😍 🏴🇪🇺🏳️🌈 (@Digger19782) July 19, 2020
Why are you making commenting on The National only available to subscribers?
We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.
So that’s why we’ve decided to make the ability to comment only available to our paying subscribers. That way, all the trolls who post abuse on our website will have to pay if they want to join the debate – and risk a permanent ban from the account that they subscribe with.
The conversation will go back to what it should be about – people who care passionately about the issues, but disagree constructively on what we should do about them. Let’s get that debate started!
Callum Baird, Editor of The National
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel