I've met many of the players in Scottish Politics and UK politics over the last 30 years : but only superficially - not like best buddies or anything. I don't do gossip: they all seem quite normal in the flesh.
Nicola Sturgeon, Donald Dewar, Tony Blair and his wife, Cherie, and all the chorus etc etc etc: they all do many 'press the flesh' functions and soirees - and as an activist for carers rights I get the odd invite. My fanciest invite ever was to 10 Downing Street in 1997 just after Labour won their landslide - and the celebrities, politicians and journos were wall to wall.
I've attended Holyrood (the Scottish Parliament) twice this last year, but the magic and glamour has been lost: it once felt as if history was being made there: now it feels more like a Mausoleum of lost dreams. Sad actually.
Never mind, I'm hoping things might change for the better.
I've met many of the players in Scottish Politics and UK politics over the last 30 years : but only superficially - not like best buddies or anything. I don't do gossip: they all seem quite normal in the flesh.
Nicola Sturgeon, Donald Dewar, Tony Blair and his wife, Cherie, and all the chorus etc etc etc: they all do many 'press the flesh' functions and soirees - and as an activist for carers rights I get the odd invite. My fanciest invite ever was to 10 Downing Street in 1997 just after Labour won their landslide - and the celebrities, politicians and journos were wall to wall.
I've attended Holyrood (the Scottish Parliament) twice this last year, but the magic and glamour has been lost: it once felt as if history was being made there: now it feels more like a Mausoleum of lost dreams. Sad actually.
Never mind, I'm hoping things might change for the better.