It is time to take stock and to listen, and then to come back to you with the correct conclusions.
People have a huge desire to be listened to, for politicians to take the time to understand their problems.
A perennial problem that has faced the Scottish Highlands is that, time and again, too many of the more talented young people have had to move elsewhere - even abroad - through a lack of opportunities that should have been available.
Look, I have already said I am not going to put any artificial limits on our ambitions this time around
To be seen to be human, provided you're doing your job at the same time, is definitely not a negative, not at all.
I find no contradiction between being a Highlander, a Scot, a citizen of the U.K. and a citizen of the European Union at one and the same time.