The mood music is changing

Invited to the Film Festival opening event last night - Hallam Foe. Not sure if I liked the story largely because I don't think there was enough explanation of motivation but Edinburgh looked fab.

So that's it. Jack's gone. End of an era, really. He's changed the face of Labour in Scotland alright. Knocked the smile right off our face and difficult to see how we can get it back again. Local government was our organisational foundation and right across Scotland we're in trouble. Wendy says her first task is to rebuild the Party. She'll have to, and damned quickly too.

Personally, I think those people who argued for PR in local elections have a lot to answer for: but we've got to look to our own performance too. Our policies look...are tired...where's the vision thing? My old mum says there's nothing new under the sun...right but wrong too...new people need old ideas constantly refreshed and made relevant for their time...that's the politican's job. The mood music in Scotland has been too stolid, too managerial and too damned boring. Excitement is what the people are looking for: I fear the chimera of independence - sometimes ...even if it's just a blink, you can fool all of the people all of the time.