It’s that time of year and sadly for me, I have recovered enough to engage in this yearly ritual!!

Is it a coincidence that Westminster chose this time of year for Elections? Politics needs more than just a spring clean…..it needs a deep clean!

Apart from the odd By-Election this year is about Council Elections, something most don’t bother about….they are seen as even more boring than General Elections. Yet in many ways they affect our daily living standards and services in much greater ways.

They can also be used to send a clear message to the government of the day, I think this will happen down South this year and to a lesser degree up here in Scotland.

Our focus though should be preparing ourselves for the 2026 Election.

This will not be a washing up liquid job……no…..this will need a powerful detergent to clear out the dross.

If we had an Independence Party at the helm that was serious about Independence things might be different…..but we don’t so our position regarding Independence going forward is quite precarious.

If everyone was prepared to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in, we might still have a chance at least to make some huge differences in next year’s Scottish Parliament and maybe more. If we get the ruling from the UN we want this train will move even further down the track. We need to move forward now believing this will happen and not get caught napping.

Belief and positivity are the keys to success, and we either believe in ourselves or we don’t.

Success comes with compromise, not by standing aloof and alone!

We will have a choice and it’s an individual choice.

Will we choose Scotland before Party Party Politics because the two may not be the same?

The Spring cleaning for next year starts this year!