There comes a time when the talking ends and the action starts. No change of any kind can start until we say so. The democratic system we have is not perfect, but it’s the one we must work wi…

Words are important, they hold meaning and power, and the reframing or adding onto them can change everything. Yesterday, at PMs questions Starmer added three words to a promise made. In an answer …

It was never going to be easy, but then, nothing worth having ever is. There is a difference between ‘desire’ and ‘determination’, as individuals we have to decide which one we have! The race for I…

There is a road, that when you step onto it feels endless. It’s not a road you chose but one you are blown onto, it’s called Grief. At 78yrs I am acquainted with this road, the loss of parents and friends has seen me travel this road many times. I have even taken sessions on Death & Dying…..but this time it is different.

I’m maybe a wee bit ahead of myself, but as Parties begin to think seriously about future Candidates and some even crowing about new political conquests I thought it might be a timely subject. Vett…

Scotland is changing, the days when we followed our parents into certain political parties or faiths is less probable. Our beliefs are more fluid, they depend more on results than blind loyalty. Wh…

It appears Westminster are juggling a lot of hot potatoes just now, to the point where the media have been asked not to report certain things. They come under ‘not in the public interest’, which us…

Our brains are like a highway and are programmed in such a way that respond to what we see and hear. Our memory is also part of that hard-wiring so the memories we hold also play a role in how we r…

Politicians think our heads are buttoned up the back, in fact they rely on it! But we are not, we are the opposite. We have become very politically savvy, and wiser and we have them to thank for it…