Dave Watson
Thursday, 19 March 2020

The case for Universal Basic Services

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If the current crisis teaches us anything, it has to be the importance of a genuine safety net for everyone in our society and the weakness...
Thursday, 5 March 2020

Turning climate change rhetoric into action

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Despite the best efforts of industry lobbyists, the debate over whether climate change is happening is over.  In Scotland, we have ambitiou...
Tuesday, 18 February 2020

How pension funds can invest responsibly

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In the last few months, I have completed three projects on Responsible Investment (also known as Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)...
Tuesday, 28 January 2020

Still learning the lessons of PPP

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Nearly thirty years after John Major’s government introduced the Private Finance Initiative (PFI), it is astonishing that we are still writ...
Friday, 17 January 2020

Passing on the Scottish healthcare experience

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I am in Stockholm this week talking about health and care systems. Sweden has a healthcare system which is generally free at the point of...
Wednesday, 18 December 2019

Financial and workforce challenges for social care in Scotland

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Two new reports again highlight the problems facing social care in Scotland but offer few indications that a credible solution is on the ho...
Sunday, 1 December 2019

Focusing on energy and the climate emergency

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I see in The Herald that ScottishPower chief executive Keith Anderson said Labour promises to take back control of Britain’s energy networ...
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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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