Dave Watson
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...
Friday, 12 May 2017

Freedom of Information - from ambition to action

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Freedom of Information is an essential part of a thriving and effective democracy. Scotland needs to move from the ambition of support for o...
Tuesday, 9 May 2017

Councils should defend local services and those who deliver them

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Musical chairs around the council chamber won't alter the challenges facing local government in Scotland. The voters have had their...
Tuesday, 2 May 2017

Scotland is NOT our local

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Three days to go to polling day for the council elections - just in case anyone noticed. Even before the general election was dumped on us,...
Tuesday, 25 April 2017

Electoral alliances - progressive or not

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As the general election campaign kicks off, my newsfeed is full of stories about alliances, rather than the policy issues that matter. The S...
Thursday, 6 April 2017

Council elections - keep it local

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As the local government election short campaign gets under way – let’s keep it local.   Local government elections will be held ...
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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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