Dave Watson
Friday, 31 August 2012

The case for local democracy

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As CoSLA leaders meet today to debate the Scottish Government's latest centralising proposal on care integration, I want to make the ca...
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Thursday, 30 August 2012

Sharks in Scotland's water, again!

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This week we had one of the periodic attempts to put the privatisation of Scottish Water onto the political agenda. This time it was CBI ...
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Monday, 27 August 2012

Demographic change

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There has been a lot of media interest this weekend on the financial impact of demographic change following the call for evidence from the ...
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Wednesday, 22 August 2012

Better regulation?

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The Scottish Government is consulting over proposals to include in a Better Regulation Bill. The basic premise is that "Better regulat...
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Monday, 20 August 2012

Policy Exchange housing sell off

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The Right wing think tank Policy Exchange has published a report today calling for social housing worth more than average house prices in an...
Saturday, 18 August 2012

Part-time workers and underemployment

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The latest unemployment figures have opened a debate in Scotland over part-time working and I have done several media slots on this issue in...
Friday, 17 August 2012

Keir Hardie and moral purpose

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The Keir Hardie Society held a meeting in Hamilton last night in conjunction with the South Lanarkshire Branch of UNISON. This was the day ...
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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 Interim 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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