It is about Tom Johnston. But by dint of cajoling, persuasion plus some slight exaggeration of the grievances fertilising the Scottish National Movement, he got schemes through after three or so committee meetings. Time has proved that his energetic enthusiasm, even in wartime, was amply justified. That even the most justifiable measures are not accepted by the English unless there is a national threat to back them up. The Scots are continually being exhorted to show initiative and energy by a Government which has neither and is determined to frustrate both.
Politicians never tell the truth except when they call one another liars.
A revolutionary is a man who wants to live in a state in which he can become a conservative. The enemy of the revolutionary is the reformer. Has anyone turned so complete a somersault as Tom Taylor. This is too simple an explanation. Capitalism when seen from the inside is a much more complicated system than the disorganised mess as seen by an unemployed engineer.