There was a revelation in today's Sunday Herald. They reported, on good authority, that when Jack (Shagger) McConnell went for his vasectomy, he also took the opportunity to have himself circumcised.

We at FirstFoot are stunned and appalled at this news.

Shagger - not as big as he used to be

Why did some far-sighted surgeon not preserve the foreskin of the exalted First Minister for historical record and public display? Statues could have been made of it and erected (no pun intended) in the car park of Asda's up and down the land.

FirstFoot demands to know if Shagger's foreskin has been pickled and is sitting in a specimen jar in a hospital somewhere, or perhaps on the mantelpiece of a hospital worker with an advanced sense of humour and the certain knowledge that Shagger isn't the man he used to be.

At the very least the National Museum of Scotland should be interested and may want to mount an exhibition. Or perhaps it should be displayed in the foyer of the New Parliament building.

Whatever, FirstFoot demands a public hunt for this slice of history. We've always wanted the wee prick cut down to size and we want to see the evidence.