In my July briefing for the Jimmy Reid Foundation, I examined the planned growth of AI data centres in Scotland. I didn't have space t...

 As it looks inevitable that Andy Burnham will be the next Prime Minister, we should consider what this might mean in policy terms. But firs...

Another Scottish Parliament election, and it's plus ça change . The phrase coined by the French critic, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr in 1...

 I was just logging on to make a presentation at a European defence workshop, when Lord George Robertson’s ‘weapons not welfare’ speech bro...

 I spent some time at the Pensions UK Investment conference in Edinburgh this week. I still do some consultancy work in the sector, and I am...

 I was at an event last year where I was asked to list three books that have most influenced my thinking. One of those was The Spirit Level ...

 The Scottish Government has published its draft budget for the coming year. I wrote a pre-budget briefing for the Jimmy Reid Foundation o...