• Red faces all round at a recent motor trade
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banquet in Scotland. The raffle — which raised .£3000 for the industry's excellent benevolent fund, BEN — came up for drawing. First out of the hat for the top prize came a ticket belonging to the evening's host, Scottish Motor Trade Association president John Livingstone. As a good host Livingstone sent the prize back for a re-draw. The second winner was Roger Phillips of Leyland Daf, who also sportingly sent the television and video recorder back into the draw. The game of 'pass the video' finally came to an end when Volvo's Bernt Brandtzaeg bit the bullet when his ticket came up, and accepted the prize. The Hawk's hopes have been raised at a couple of recent dinners by the announcement that the organisers would not accept raffle prizes back for re-draws, but the vision of accepting the prize with a clear conscience fails to match reality: no matter how many tickets I buy. .