I remember Gordon Brown, our new Prime Minister, as a gangling teenager slouched against a playground wall. It was during the early to mid-sixties, we were both pupils at Kirkcaldy High School and yet our paths rarely crossed. We belonged to different cultures within the school – I, desperate for an escape to freedom and he, looking forward to a seamless university entry. I was seduced by my then status as a small town rock star– albeit at the lowest level of celebrity imaginable. He had his sights set on a more lofty aspiration. (more…)