Putting an entire nation on the couch is the subject of a new book ‘Scotland – A Suitable Case for Treatment’ written by the former Scottish First Minister Henry McLeish and political commentator Tom Brown. Why do we mention it? Because the chapter which grabbed the headlines at the book’s launch was written by PeopleMaps psychology guru Anne Ellis.
Anne pulls no punches in her incisive analysis of the current Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, and other leading figures’ personalities. Here’s a taster on ITN News.
Anne says Mr Brown is “a very typical example of a dour Scot” and adds: “He has no time nor interest in courting popularity as he wants to get on with solving the problems of the world. What he has failed to see is that in today’s terms the role of politician, due to media attention, is more a public relations job than any other.”
In the book Anne argues that “the Scottish character must change to survive, never mind succeed, in the increasingly competitive future”.
Speaking about the book Henry McLeish said: “What we tried to do was to start with the assumption Scotland is a country of great talent, great wealth and huge potential. But it is our basic premise that that is not yet being realised to the full.”
