As we have already discussed, the budgetary condition of Edinburgh must by definition be the responsibility of the previous Labour Administration or be shared by its Liberal allies in the previous Scottish Government.I thought that Malcolm Chisholm would welcome the fact that the SNP group in the council took action to stop a schools closure programme. Although as First Minister of Scotland it is not my job to run the schools of Edinburgh, I offer this bit of advice: if a council education convener proposes a programme that is based on the argument that schools are half empty, it is best not to have on the list for closure some schools that are 75 per cent full.