Oooh Mathew!

June 14th: Izzy-wizzy-let's-get-busy

Once upon a time I worked in a matrix style organisation with three middle managers, two blokes and a woman (at least I think it was female, the hairy lip and over emphasised "look at me I'm gallus" weegie accent confused me somewhat). They all reported into the one boss above them.

They used to make me sick. They worked against themselves whilst doing other good people down all the time in order to protect their own arse or satiate their individual agenda's, greed and selfishness. Each would do anything to try and sneak a yard on the other. Throwing out rumours, half-truths and blocking the progress that other decent, genuine and ambitious people were trying to achieve in order to make a difference.

We called them Sooty, Sweep and Soo (Sue?). As is the way of these things the sorcerer had an apprentice and we called him Scampi. Each ultimately wanted the top banana's job and would stop at nothing to get it but the problem was it was dead man's shoes syndrome. They were and still are in my opinion sad individuals and I hope that they each get out of their careers exactly what they deserve.

There is nothing wrong with ambition. It's how you go about it in order to achieve it that makes the difference. Of course I am a naive idiot at times but at my age I have resigned myself to the fact that it's a part of my design that I have NO desire to change because whilst I retain that trait I still harbour hope that things can and will change for the greater good. Is that what makes me a leftie with socialist tendencies? I'm nae sure but it might just be what makes me easy to manipulate.

Anyway, the whole Blair, Salmond saga whilst entertaining and encouraging due to the fact that the SNP don't seem to want to take any shit is in danger of becoming a real side show to progress even this early in the day.

Salmond has made his point and I hope he continues to do so. However, it must not be a blocker to progress in Scotland. This has to be the main priority. Blair admitted this week he put too much emphasis on spin when he first got into power. I hope Brown when he gets his feet under the table doesn't mess about with us, his own race. He's a unionist. Fair enough. A lot of us aren't. Live and let live.

Let's hope though that he's savvy enough to realise that he needs to work with his own kind to give them what they want, which is a referendum on our future and if the case requires it the ability to fulfill our ambition. A democratic vote went in favour of policies that support self determination. It was close but it still went that way, despite the spoiled votes debacle. Let us find out if there really is a will to make it happen. I have my doubts however.

I hope it doesn't end up like Sooty, with Brown being the cute English hand puppet. Sooty never actually said anything. He's mute. The phrase "Izzy-wizzy-let's-get-busy" is a precursor to Sooty waving his magic wand. Sooty was accompanied by Sweep, a little grey dog who could only squeak which makes me think of his New Labour enforcers barking for some reason, and Soo well she's Harriet Harman or even Kirsty Wark ain't she?

As for Scampi he's the heinz 57, the result of the rest of the lot of them after a wild orgy of being allowed to do what they want without being taken to task for too long. Makes you wonder what the future holds when he grows up!

I just hope that Alex Salmond and Scotland don't end up like Mr. Corbett who can't keep control of what the hands are doing resulting in him always ending up with something squirted in his face.