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However, by the time I left local government to become an MSP in 1999, the total of a council's spending and the level of local taxation were effectively determined by central Government.
I am proud of what I achieved in Parliament, in the Executive and as First Minister. I will continue with my duties as MSP for Central Fife, serving the people I know and grew up with.
At 2.30 am, for example, we may have just finished one count and announced Sylvia Jackson as the MSP, but now we must start over. There is a sense of down-heartedness.
You have opportunities to do something. If you do not want to be MSPs, you can do something else. If we do not have an education and have no qualifications or degrees, what kind of jobs are we going to get?