My uncle was skipper on the old Claymore sailing out from Oban to the Inner Hebrides. My father worked for MacBraynes all his life, on freight boats and then on ferries crossing to Skye, Barra, Uist, the small isles and… — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
I've often thought having a politician for a parent must be like having a constantly embarrassing uncle. — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
There is a danger of Scottish politics being between two sets of dinosaurs... the Nationalists who can't accept they were rejected by the people,… — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
I'm pretty proud of having completed a marathon myself, so I can only imagine the pride that real athletes feel when they are picked… — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
I spent ridiculous amounts of time as an activist and volunteer and was a teacher for 20 years. — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
I remember going to see Billy Graham in a cinema in Glasgow, and he was down in London. I used to go and hear… — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
Fair tax does not mean we don't want to encourage wealth creation. Wealth creation is how we raise the money to pay for world… — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
The test is can you do something, rather than have a theoretical argument - can you make a difference? — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
If you don't accept there is a problem, then it is hard to debate things. — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
The Scottish Labour Party, while I have breath in my body, will listen to the views of trade unionists. — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
Scotland is my country, the nation that shaped me, that taught me my values. A nation whose achievements inspired and inspire me, a community… — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
I guess it feels to me that the political argument that has been lost in my lifetime is taxation. How do you engage in… — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
We must listen and learn, show humility and seek again to talk for and to people's ambitions and concerns. — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
