Dave Watson
Showing posts with label Election. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Election. Show all posts
Saturday, 9 May 2026

Plus ça change

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Another Scottish Parliament election, and it's plus ça change . The phrase coined by the French critic, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr in 1...
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Thursday, 13 June 2024

It's Manifesto Time!

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  It’s manifesto time. As someone who has drafted and haggled over a few in my time, I enjoy this part of an election campaign while recogni...
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Thursday, 22 April 2021

Manifesto 2021 - National Recovery Plan

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After more than two years of consultation and engagement, it was good to see the Scottish Labour election manifesto launched today. I have ...
Saturday, 10 June 2017

A very different election

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Well that was different! From landslide victory to hung parliament breaks the received wisdom that the short election campaign can only mar...
Tuesday, 6 June 2017

Election 2017 - Labour's ownership plans are the radical shift in energy policy

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Not for the first time, energy policy has received very little attention in this election campaign. In Scotland, key elements are reserved ...
Monday, 22 May 2017

Election 2017 - what side are you on?

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Election slogans are generally meaningless, but in this election they clearly differentiate the offer. Comrades, left and right, should foc...
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Dave Watson
I am a semi-retired trade union policy wonk, now working on a range of projects.I am the Director of the Jimmy Reid Foundation, Secretary of the Keir Hardie Society and Secretary of the Socialist Health Association Scotland. Past Chair of the Scottish Labour Party.Graduate in Law from University of Strathclyde. Fellow of the RSA.I have worked in government and in the public sector. I am the author of chapters in several books and a range of publications.
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