When New Labour came to power, we got a Right-wing Conservative government. I came to realise that voting Labour wasn't in Scotland's interests any more. Any doubt I had about that was cast aside for ever when I saw Gordon… — Jimmy Reid Copy Share Image
Robert Burns enriched Scottish song with his genius and is mainly responsible for the rich treasure house of song that we enjoy today. He… — Jimmy Reid Copy Share Image
When New Labour came to power, we got a Right-wing Conservative government. I came to realise that voting Labour wasn't in Scotland's interests any… — Jimmy Reid Copy Share Image
Arthur Scargill’s leadership of the miners’ strike has been a disgrace. The price to be paid for his folly will be immense. He will… — Jimmy Reid Copy Share Image
Profit is the sole criterion used by the establishment to evaluate economic activity. From the rat race to lame ducks. The vocabulary in vogue… — Jimmy Reid Copy Share Image
From the very depth of my being, I challenge the right of any man or any group of men, in business or in government,… — Jimmy Reid Copy Share Image
The task of the media in a democracy is not to ease the path of those who govern, but to make life difficult for… — Jimmy Reid Copy Share Image
It is in the public interest to know what our governors are up to. If they are up to doing good, then they are… — Jimmy Reid Copy Share Image
The political spectrum is not linear but circular. In my experience the extreme left always ends up rubbing shoulders with the extreme right. They… — Jimmy Reid Copy Share Image
From the Olympian heights of an executive suite, in an atmosphere where your success is judged by the extent to which you can maximise… — Jimmy Reid Copy Share Image
Government by the people for the people becomes meaningless unless it includes major economic decision-making by the people for the people. This is not… — Jimmy Reid Copy Share Image
A rat race is for rats. We're not rats. We're human beings. Reject the insidious pressures in society that would blunt your critical faculties… — Jimmy Reid Copy Share Image
Dictators can fix up their entire families in good jobs, in or around government, and often do. In democracies, such a practice is frowned… — Jimmy Reid Copy Share Image
