Alister Jack

Do you, like me, hold the quaint view that the Scottish Government should be focused on the major problems being faced by families across the country? Are you with me in yearning for the day when ministers decide to fix our failing NHS, to tackle falling standards in schools and invest in vital local services that have been stripped to their very bones over the past two decades? And are you frustrated that MSPs seem increasingly detached from reality, caring more about championing fashionable causes than effecting positive change? Well, more fool us. We may believe our senior politicians should be concentrating on making a difference to the lives of ordinary Scots but we are woefully out of touch. Our concerns reveal nothing, to those at the top of government, but our ingrained prejudice....read