Home page .. but who do you trust? Jack The woes facing England might be terminating within the next couple of years. The attempt by the Labour party to use devolution to create a Labour fiefdom out of Scotland, and to use this to control England through Westminster has been weighed up, not by the English, but by the Scots. There are increasing signs that they are fed up with the imposed second-classism and the substitution of pork politics and hand outs in place of a marked lack of national ambition of their leaders, for a country called Scotland. Jack McConnell, the First Minister of the Scottish executive gave what can only be described as a one man comedy show at the Irish Assembly where some stayed, at least, to hear what he had to say. Jack McConnell however, had nothing of relevance to say and was an embarassment. Devolution in Scotland has failed. Labour, like most political parties, placed its own interests above those of people. Angus For example Scottish Labour MPs somewhat brazenly have been voting through unpopular legislation on the English whilst avoiding imposing the same in Scotland. The Scottish National Party through Angus MacNeil, attacked the sleaze in the Labour Party with success and the new Liberal Democratic leader, Menzies Campbell, is at ease talking to the SNP. The Scottish National Assembly is not well regarded by the people of Scotland and McConnell is increasingly unpopular. In terms of forthcoming elections McConnell does not have the intellectual mastery of either Alex Salmond or Menzies Campbell. Alex Salmond has a simple transparent and easily understood brief and his party, through Angus MacNeil, is the only one to take a stand on behalf of the English by asking all Scottish MPs to sign a motion under which they would not vote on legislation only affecting England. On the other hand, Menzies Campbell is slowly gaining in stature. Recent internal criticism of Sir Menzies Campbell from his own flock lead by Simon Hughes, is an example of more of the type of politics already rejected by the British public. Alex Menzies In a recent workshop at SEEL which was organized by the political survey arm of CybaCity, Menzies Campbell was reckoned to be the British political leader with the best intellect and ability to communicate with the public. A workshop compared two recent BBC Question Times where Menzies Campbell and Simon Hughes appeared. Menzies performance was considered to be in another class compared with Simon Hughes. Menzies "covered the field" presenting comprehensive replies without wasting time and the studio audience was more positively disposed to what Menzies said. His lack of theatre and schooling in the correct hand movements and "communications" tricks sets him out a rarity amongst the current range of leadership clones bent on "performance". He comes across as being authentic and someone you can trust. People have been concentrating on how Menzies Campbell is going down in England, which in fact is good. What they have overlooked is his rapid rise in status in Scotland as someone who is completely straight and trustworthy. SEEL researchers detect that there is a broad recognition that political parties have not performed well and so it is more a matter of identifying and supporting politicians you can trust. On that basis Alex Salmond, Menzies Campbell and Angus MacNeill come out well ahead of any other contender. It is more than likely that the people of Scotland, reflective and perhaps having been too loyal to a party which has let them down, will topple Labour at the next election. The knock-on effect of this will be that the Labour party will go into rapid recession in England and create a significant political vacuum. Depending on what Menzies Campbell does, the Liberal Democrats could gain substantial ground in a territory where the Conservatives are advancing. It is possible that by 2008 the main parties in England could be the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.