I was brought up, like many of you to ‘respect my elders’ and others in certain professions. But I soon learned two things about respect, they are, you have to earn respect and respect is a two way street!

The word respect means to admire someone for their abilities and qualities or something they may have achieved.

The older I get the fewer there are who fall into any of those categories now!

We do have a few new ‘movers & shakers’ in Scotland, but I struggle to find any Politicians who fit the respect box. There are a couple of ‘maybes’!!

The new ‘movers & shakers’ do deserve our respect, for it is they who will shape a new Scotland, but there is still a lot more untapped talent and expertise to capture.

To ‘capture’ their talent we must first respect where they are in their thoughts about a Sovereign Scotland and try to understand where they are coming from. Going in like a ‘bull in a china shop’ will only see them running out of the back door!

If we give others the floor first, then respect will flow in equal measure.

I believe that even within Salvo there is much untapped talent, there are a lot of savvy folks out there in the hubs, they just need nurturing to believe in themselves.

There are folk out there who say ‘I could never talk to people’……well next time you are in a pub after you’ve had a few bevvies……just listen to yourself😂

We earn respect by speaking the truth and there is no greater truth than that which lies within the Claim of Right.

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