Dave Watson
Friday, 7 October 2022

I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library

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 This is one of my favourite quotes about libraries, written by the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges. It seems particularly appropriate ...
Wednesday, 21 September 2022

Governing With Purpose - a guide for charity trustees

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 As someone who works with and serves on several third-sector boards, I have sometimes wondered why anyone does this. External criticism and...
Tuesday, 16 August 2022

Tackling drug deaths - Scotland's national disgrace

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Scotland's drug-related death statistics are a national disgrace. In 2021, 1,330 people in Scotland died due to a drug overdose. That wa...
Tuesday, 21 June 2022

Lessons learned from the pandemic for social care

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I was in Stockholm this week speaking at a workshop looking at Europe-wide experiences of the pandemic on social care. The On the corona fro...
Wednesday, 11 May 2022

A New Scotland

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In the book , A New Scotland , leading activists and academics lay out the blueprints for radical reform, showing how society can be transfo...
Friday, 1 April 2022

ScotRail - the start of a new journey

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Today is a special day for rail campaigners who have been making a case for bringing Scotland's railways back into public ownership for ...
Friday, 4 March 2022

Putting the local into reducing health inequalities

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While national strategies are essential in reducing health inequalities, we need to emphasise local action.  This week the Scottish Governme...
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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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