I can think of a few who will be rubbing their hands with glee, seeing those headlines.

His gift is not freedom, just a bigger cage!

Another PM who knows the truth, and that truth is, they can’t afford to let us go! But soon they will have no choice, if, and it’s a big ‘if’…we, the people, dare to take the necessary steps forward.

Are our feet pointing in the right direction?

Are we prepared to push the cage door open, or is it a case of ‘you in your small corner, and I in mine’?

They say there is strength in numbers, but that’s only true if those numbers are prepared to get to their feet and act. We can’t afford to be ‘couch potatoes’!

We cannot reap a harvest without sowing the seed. A conversation needs to happen, people need to know there is a road and it is open!

And those who do know need to prepare. We need two plans, one to get over the line and another to build the foundations, because we cannot do ‘rinse and repeat’!

Any semblance of a Westminster-type democracy will bring disaster.

In Scotland, we the people are sovereign, and we must take that responsibity seriously, not hand it to others.

There are several examples of Direct Democracy to look at, and the best thing is, we can create our own unique type. The central point being, everything reverts to the people…that is us!

Power is best served in the hands of those who don’t want it!

It is humility that makes the greatest leaders, not egos.

The biggest lesson we need to learn in Scotland is, we don’t need to like the people we work with, but we must work with them! That is the starting point.

We need to be resilient, not picky!