Yeah, I'm alright. So are those who you reckon are watching life go by but in actual fact are getting on, contributing and enjoying.

You have it in for migrants doing the jobs others won't do? For someone who claims to work hard, you seem to want everybody else to have it easy.

Your young people have every opportunity, same as young people everywhere else. Scotland's economy is picking up slightly after the jitters earlier in the year when employers and investors thought independence might accidentally happen. The latest figures were published this morning. For those who can't "get on" Scotland has the highest per capita social bill of any measured region in Europe.

You are right. It seems the majority aren't mad after all....

Whether I am alright or not is irrelevant. Telling all and sundry they are doomed isn't alright. There are enough people sat in their underwear watching Cash in the Attic without convincing people that's all there is. You damn parts of society and tell the rest that they can't control their destiny. You are a right barrel of fucking laughs...

You haven't done too badly out of investors yourself if you are a local builder round your parts. Many local shops that elderly people rely on are still there because of the holiday lets down the street, not because your wonderful Scottish politicians have cohesive community strategies.