Cheeky and immensely likeable, a natural striker and pin-up material, possibly the worst time-keeper - with the possible exception of Martin O'Neill - I have ever met in the Scottish game: East Kilbride's finest is all of these.

BBC: Chick Young's view

Neat ideological labels have become harder to pin on parties since they have had to contend with the emergence of what some commentators call post-material issues (such as the environment, personal morality and consumer rights) which do not slot elegantly into the old left-right framework.

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