IT is that time of year when most of us are thinking longingly about a fortnight in the sun, on account of Scots not having seen it for months, unless we’ve sneaked in a wee winter break.

The rain has been pretty relentless recently, after all, and May is supposed to be one of the better months for weather, too.

Hopefully, June can offer up some respite before the rain starts again as soon as the schools break up and ruins virtually every summer event across the country in July.

It is no wonder we like to head to the sun and this year there’s the added incentive of missing the General Election, too, with the campaign so far in the running as the dullest ever contested.

It’s a pretty low bar, too, so the politicians should be applauded for achieving something noteworthy, I suppose.

But while most of us jet off for an annual break with a totally clear conscience, the good people of Edinburgh are soon to be the exception.

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