From The Olympian Heights Of An Executive

When New Labour Came To Power, We Got A Right-wing Conservative Government. I Came To Realise That Voting Labour Wasn't In Scotland's Interests Any More. Any Doubt I Had About That Was Cast Aside For Ever When I Saw Gordon Brown Cosying Up To Margaret Thatcher In Downing Street.

From The Olympian Heights Of An Executive Suite, In An Atmosphere Where Your Success Is Judged By The Extent To Which You Can Maximise Profits, The Overwhelming Tendency Must Be To See People As Units Of Production, As Indices In Your Accountants' Books.

A Rat Race Is For Rats. We're Not Rats. We're Human Beings. Reject The Insidious Pressures In Society That Would Blunt Your Critical Faculties To All That Is Happening Around You, That Would Caution Silence In The Face Of Injustice Lest You Jeopardise Your Chances Of Promotion And Self-advancement.

Robert Burns Enriched Scottish Song With His Genius And Is Mainly Responsible For The Rich Treasure House Of Song That We Enjoy Today. He Collected Folk Songs, Retained The Melodic Line, Kept What Words Were Usable And Rewrote The Rest. He Didn't Claim Ownership.

The Political Spectrum Is Not Linear But Circular. In My Experience The Extreme Left Always Ends Up Rubbing Shoulders With The Extreme Right. They Are Philosophically Blood Brothers.