IT was in this week of 1902 that a Scottish politician, Arthur Balfour, became prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Balfour will be remembered for one thing which did not even happen while he was in residence at No 10 Downing Street.
Just as Boris Johnson will always be associated with Brexit, the vote on which took place three years before he became PM, so Balfour will forever be known for his eponymous Declaration which occurred long after he had left Downing Street.
