Do you believe the people who have everything to lose or do you believe the people who have nothing to lose?

When I look at the seats in both Westminster and Holyrood I see a generation of Politicians who quite frankly look very comfortable and most of them will promise anything to keep those seats.

Everything is about money, their income…..but hey don’t open that can of worms!

Do you remember a few years ago when there was a great who-ha about MPs’ expenses and they re-wrote the rules and within those rules, MPs were supposed to declare their interest before speaking about a matter? Also, neither they nor their families were allowed to gain financially from their position.

The good old days when they tried to clean up Politics, then the Tories came along and ripped up the rules. Now it’s a free for all.

But it’s worse than that because so many of our MPs and MSPs have sold their souls to big consortiums and become embedded within them. [Freeports etc]

These empires are very clever, very clever indeed because they convince our representatives that what they agree to will be the best for their country.

“We will invest, we will build houses, we will build hospitals, we will create jobs etc”

And if you’ve got a PM whose in on the plan and will help out by reducing budgets and starving Councils of cash…well it’s game over! Of course any Finance Minister is going to jump at the offer.

It’s a bit like asking for a loan from a loan shark, if you don’t read the small print because your desperate you will pay through the nose later!

These big companies don’t make offers to invest on these scales for nothing, they will want their pound of flesh and more!

Think of their investments in the term of a Russian Doll.

First, they get the land reducing the tax revenues etc. for the Local Councils for anything up to 25 years. Eventually, as we have seen in England, Councils become Bankrupt. In march the Libertarian government who brings in Private contractors [another layer of the Russian doll] to run the Council who in turn sells of the assets to another layer of the doll for another 25yrs.

That’s my interpretation of events anyway!!

So, as I asked at the beginning of this spiel, who do or will you believe when someone comes knocking at your door trying to sell you a ‘pig in a poke’?

The ones with comfy slippers or those new to Politics who just might surprise you!

This impending GE will give you an opportunity to delve into the Policies of the new Parties, the ones which will really matter in 2026.

Some are working together for Scotland, some won’t!

Some are working with Salvo….some are not!

If you believe in unity, seek out those who are practising it!

The future of Scotland is in your hands, use them wisely.