In Gregson Park Hamilton last month.

Hope is not glib or simplistic. It is not a bubbling, cheeful optimism; it is the grinding, hard-won strength we find to enable us to live our lives as tough as they might be.. . Bishop Malone, Easter message in The Herald.

It would be crass to add it's time for a genuine kick start and do we approach this with hope as a combination of Little Miss Sunshine and Iron Lady rolled into one.