In his column this month, Rev Ian Miller looks at the General Election's turnout and the tough job politicians have to rebuild trust.

In 1320, Andrew became the patron saint of Scotland when the country’s independence was declared via The Declaration of Arbroath.

He is also the saint of fishmongers, gout, singers, sore throats, spinsters, maidens, old maids and women wishing to become mothers. Take your pick!

There is a legend that he did come to Scotland, and established a church in Fife. I reckon if he did, then he saw what the weather was like and headed back home. We know he was a fisherman. He was Peter's brother, and he always seems to be bringing folk to Jesus.

Peter Marshall, a Coatbridge man who rose to become chaplain to the US Senate (how they need him now!), described Andrew as “The Saint of the Rank and File”. He was ordinary.

He argued: “You would see him in the supermarket. He sits on the bus beside you, he delivers your post, he serves in the local shop. Andrew is all around us. Andrew was not a leader. He was used to playing second fiddle…and that is not an easy instrument to play.”

He was humble. And that does bring me to the election.

It would seem that trust in our politicians has never been lower. The common comment is that “they are only it for themselves”. That is not true, but the publicity given of late to a number of them does strengthen that view.

Whenever I have met him, Helensburgh and Lomond's MP Brendan O'Hara comes over as a decent, hard-working, honest politician for Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber.

Likewise, West Dunbartonshire's new MP, Douglas McAllister, is a man of integrity and honesty, and though I did not know Martin Docherty-Hughes, his predecessor, quite so well, he was also a decent, honest and well-meaning man.

The problem is not the footsoldiers like them. It is at the top. It is going to be a very tough job to regain belief and respect, no matter which party they are with.

The turnout in the General Election was around 60 per cent. That means 40 per cent of our country's voters - two in every five - decided not to, or could not be bothered to, vote.

Who were they? The disadvantaged and the disillusioned. Those who no longer trust, and those who have never trusted. Frankly, all of the parties, the defeated and the victorious, have a lot of soul searching to do.

There is no place for euphoria. They need to take a leaf out of Andrew’s book and act humbly to restore our faith and concentrate on the issues that matter. Especially to the absent 40 per cent.

They know what these things are: the health service. Education. Social care. Eradication of child poverty.

“Make Britain Great Again?” No. Just make us proud to have leaders who are honest, and show, by what they do, that they care, and are acutely aware of the issues that concern us.