Dave Watson
Thursday, 21 July 2016

Municipal energy - time for radical action

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Despite the best efforts of successive governments to create an energy market, it remains notoriously uncompetitive. In Europe, municipa...
Tuesday, 19 July 2016

Federalism, bit like my wardrobe, coming back into fashion

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I always thought my interest in federalism was a quirky minority sport. However, it is now beginning to look dangerously mainstream, given ...
Wednesday, 13 July 2016

Play Nicely!

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In my post-Brexit blog I urged, in the words of my old Gran, everyone to 'cool your wellies'. Sadly, some, most notably the Westmins...
Tuesday, 5 July 2016

Future Energy Scenarios

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Keeping the lights on at a reasonable price and meeting decarbonisation targets is a complex  business and not without controversy.  Th...
Monday, 4 July 2016

Education reform - empowerment or centralisation?

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The Scottish Government has signalled education as its first priority, most notably by giving the Deputy First Minister, John Swinney the le...
Wednesday, 29 June 2016

Christie Commission - Five Years On

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In the flurry of post-Brexit excitement it was welcome to hear the First Minister remind Parliament that it must not distract from the busi...
Sunday, 26 June 2016

'Cool Your Wellies' - What next after Brexit vote?

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My old Gran used say, when I was overreacting to some childhood event, ' cool your wellies '. This sounds like good advice post-Bre...
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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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