“I don’t have a vote in Germany anymore, and if you have no vote ... you cannot be mayor,” he told reporters in his office squeezed under the rafters. His political participation dropped from “100 to zero at midnight” on Friday last week, Britain’s final day of EU membership, the 70-year-old said. The day before Brexit, Macnab sealed the end of his term in the voluntary post, handing over to his deputy with little ceremony at a meeting of the village council. On the day itself, Macnab spent the evening rehearsing with his rock group, the Lucky Devils, before sharing a few glasses of whiskey with his bandmates. A present from his constituents just before he stepped down, the Scottish flag now waves in the wind outside Macnab’s house.

Source: Taipei Times February 07, 2020 15:56 UTC