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I know perfectly well that the media can make an enormous amount out of a supposed doubling of money by an MSP who buys a property and then sells it for enormous gain.
I hope that you will also seek to involve communities in that discussion so that there is buy-in. Absolutely. I am sure that if our approach is explained in the right way, we would get not only buy-in, but enthusiastic support for those ideas from communities.
There is a huge feeling of betrayal in Fife about the plans, but then Tony Blair, Geoff Hoon and Alistair Darling would know nothing of that, because they sent our young men to fight and die and did not bother to come to their funerals.
The signals that are sent from the top of organisations and senior leaders across the public sector are also fundamental.The second example is also a very powerful instrument and demonstration of the importance of leadership.