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Tories in Edinburgh suffered huge losses in the council elections as the SNP was returned as the biggest party while the Lib Dems doubled their numbers and the Greens also made gains.
I was reminded of the kindnesses shown to my own mother by so many bus drivers as she used her bus pass through her twilight years to explore east central Scotland.
As dementia started, she could get a little confused. On one occasion, she boarded a bus and simply declared to the driver to “take me home” – which is pretty much what he helped her to do.
One time she escaped from her care home and managed to board a bus on Minto Street. The driver quickly worked out something was wrong and kindly walked her back to the home and to safety.