I recently had an approach made me by a fairly well known county level politician type, seeking to recruit 'my clan' into a 'new political party' that will 'represent the interests of clans' in 'Scotland's future government'. I politely rejected this proposal out of hand.
The politician returned for more. I explained my reasoning thus: politics divide, clans unite. I see his way as leading to the diminution of the clan system before it has had a chance to blossom. He says that this was all "[his] point exactly", the clans can 'unite' the present political factions, secure their own power in doing so, and make scotland 'truly scottish'.
Hmmm, I thought. The politician was by this stage as close to begging as this politician will ever come. As he has worked very hard as a politician and has probably on the whole done us more good than harm, I didn't jump down his throat. I said that I'd bring it up before my kin, but would not recommend any such political involvement nor endorse it in any way.
My goodness, with the diversity of political views within this clan, we'd self destruct if we had to agree upon the best way to run the economy or some such...
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