Dave Watson
Friday, 30 September 2016

Workplace dementia - time for action

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More than 40,000 people under the age of 65 have been diagnosed with dementia in the UK, 3,200 of those in Scotland. It is estimated that 18...
Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Let's have a proper reform of the council tax - not another sticking plaster

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We understand that the Council Tax is a difficult issue for politicians, but this latest sticking plaster isn't the solution. I wa...
Tuesday, 27 September 2016

What next for Labour?

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As the UK Labour Party conference comes to a conclusion, it’s time for everyone in the Party to remember the words of Keir Hardie; " U...
Thursday, 22 September 2016

Impact of Brexit on health and care in Scotland

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At this morning’s Holyrood Brexit and Health seminar, I was asked what my immediate response to the Brexit vote was. Well of course I wa...
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Tuesday, 20 September 2016

Scotland and Brexit

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If there is one post-Brexit growth area, it is conferences on how to deal with it! The Centre on Constitutional Change at least does it ...
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Household income and inequality

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As a new Oxfam report has highlighted, the richest 1% of Britain’s population owns almost more than 20 times the total wealth of the poores...
Monday, 19 September 2016

Stop start for nuclear power

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The energy story of the week is the decision to go ahead with the Hinkley nuclear power station. Theresa May's grand review of the pr...
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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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