Dave Does the Right Thing

Publisher: Luath Press Ltd

Meet Dave. Dave is Prime Minister. Dave really wants to do the right thing. He keeps telling us he wants to do the right thing. Again and again and again. One afternoon he told us four times in half an hour.

Then he went off and did the right thing. Every morning when he wakes up, he reminds himself to remind us that he's doing the right thing.

But what is the right thing? And what is the wrong thing? And is doing the right thing the right thing or the wrong thing to do? Or is doing the wrong thing the right thing to do when doing the right thing might turn out to be the wrong thing, and doing the wrong thing might turn out to be the right thing?

Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing – after they've tried everything else WINSTON CHURCHILL

Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing TONY BLAIR

If I lose the ball, I lose it trying to do the right thing. That's the way it is. FRANK LAMPARD

About Bob Dewar

Bob Dewar was born in Edinburgh. He was first published nationally when he was sixteen. He has had exhibitions in Edinburgh and Italy, and for fifteen years did political and social commentary for The Scotsman.

About Owen Dudley Edwards

Owen Dudley Edwards is Hon. Fellow of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, at the University of Edinburgh where he taught History from 1968, having been born in Ireland and studied in the USA. His wife, Bonnie, is American and his three children are Scots. His most recent major monograph is British Children’s Fiction in the Second World War, his most recent collaboration Tartan Pimps, and he has edited several books including A Claim of Right for Scotland.

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Binding EAN ISBN-10 Pub Date PAGES Language Size Price
Paperback 9781910021637 1910021636 2016-04-30 160 0.00 x 5.00 x 8.00 in $12.95

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