Following yesterday’s election by the Germany’s Federal Assembly of Christian Wulff as their new President, as is usual in these cases everyone shuffles up one position. What’s interesting is who replaces him as Premier of the northern German state of Lower Saxony..

It’s a not-very-German sounding chap by the name of David McAllister, the son of a Scottish father serving with the British Army in West Berlin and a German music teacher mother.

Not only will the conservative Christian Democrat become the first British citizen to hold such high office in Germany, the 39-year-old will also become Germany’s youngest ever state premier. In an interview with TheLocal he claims to have only worn his kilt twice and then gets horribly tied up in knots saying that dual citizenship is fine for him, but not for Turks. He’s also a supporter of the Conservative Party in the UK, and went door-to-door canvassing at the General Election for several candidates including the unsuccessful Shaun Bailey in Hammersmith.

Strange chap, but he’s tipped for the top so we may well hear more of him in years to come.