Dave Watson
Sunday, 1 November 2015

Why we should vote to scrap Trident today

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Trident is an expensive status symbol that has no military value and drains resources from conventional defence and socially useful investm...
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Monday, 26 October 2015

The Labour Party - catching up with devolution

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One of the finest and lasting achievements of the last Labour government was devolution. It is simply impossible to imagine a Scotland with...
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Thursday, 22 October 2015

Health Inequality Commission - a transformative agenda for Scotland

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Persistent health inequalities in Scotland is a scandal and our foremost national shame. We are experts at describing health inequality, bu...
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Friday, 16 October 2015

Blog Action Day - defending human rights.

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As a trade unionist in a country like Scotland I take communicating with others and expressing myself freely for granted. It is central to ...
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Thursday, 15 October 2015

Cruachan Power Station and those who died

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On the 50th anniversary of the opening of Cruachan Power Station, we should remember not just the amazing engineering achievement, but also...
Wednesday, 7 October 2015

Scotland's public sector water contract privatised. Confused? You should be!

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A £350m contract to provide water and wastewater to Scotland’s public sector has been awarded to a privatised utility firm in East Anglia. C...
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Thursday, 1 October 2015

Creating better jobs starting with those who care for others

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If we are to create better jobs in Scotland we need to recognise and take action on job security, worker control, appropriate demand, fair ...
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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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