@ProfJMitchell @fay_young So sorry to hear this. David will be a great loss to Scottish political discourse. And was such good company, too. RIP
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Jim Gallagher
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Jim Gallagher
@ProfJimG
Honorary Professor Universities of Glasgow and St Andrews. Former Gwylim Gibbon Fellow, Nuffield College Oxford, and @GovUK and @ScotGov senior civil servant.
Scotland, UK Beigetreten Temmuz 2014
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David Gow obituary | The Guardian | The Guardian
David’s personality, intellect, skills made him brilliant in his vocation as a journalist. He never really retired. Sceptical Scot, run with estimable @fay_young became an important platform. theguardian.com/media/2025/nov…
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The amazing Kate Bingham, @katebingham2, and the extraordinary Saul Klein , @cape, talk about investment in innovation, and how to get more of it: here ourscottishfuture.org/dame-kate-bing…
and here
ourscottishfuture.org/saul-klein-on-…
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And Dan Turner on to create those jobs in Scotland, starting now. ourscottishfuture.org/dan-turner-hig…
Jim Gallagher@ProfJimG
David Sainsbury explains how clusters of knowledge and industries can transform the economy at the Our Scottish Future Conference on the jobs of tomorrow. ourscottishfuture.org/lord-sainsbury…
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David Sainsbury explains how clusters of knowledge and industries can transform the economy at the Our Scottish Future Conference on the jobs of tomorrow. ourscottishfuture.org/lord-sainsbury…
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Some imaginative stuff here !
Institute of Welsh Affairs@IWA_Wales
Tune in to episode nine of our Wales: A Work in Progress podcast series to hear David Melding and Glyndwr Cennydd Jones unpack their new booklet 'The Federal-Confederal Letters.' Listen to the podcast 👉 iwa.wales/podcasts/ Access the booklet 👉 #page=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">simplebooklet.com/thefederalconf…
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This is a corker of a report, to be discussed at a major Conference at Glasgow University tomorrow. Read it, for sure but, more important, press goverments to do it.
Our Scottish Future@scottish_future
Today our Scottish Future has launched a major new report titled ‘innovation Nation: Good Jobs for Scotland’s Future’ which analyses Scotland’s successes in life sciences, manufacturing and energy and sets out a plan for economic prosperity 🔽 ourscottishfuture.org/wp-content/upl…
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Here's an interesting opportunity if you have the right HR expertise. I sit on the Board of the Pension Protection Fund, a public body sometimes called the ‘pensions lifeboat’. We’re co-opting a member to our Remuneration Committee. More information at bit.ly/4d7jRq.
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Meet your new Scotland Office team.
Can’t express how excited I am to work alongside the wonderful @kirstyjmcneill
Congratulations on your appointment.
Now we get to work.
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The importance of Knowlege, from a man who Knows.
Why have a our schools fallen so far behind others? Because if they are to learn, children have to be taught stuff. They need Knowledge, not just skills.
Our Scottish Future@scottish_future
Shifting to a more knowledge-based curriculum is the only way Scottish schools can recover from the decline in standards ✍️ Lindsay Paterson, Professor Emeritus of Education Policy at Edinburgh University ourscottishfuture.org/the-knowledge-…
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What sad news. Stuart and I were pals before he joined the ministry, and it was great to find him again as Chaplain at @UofGlasgow. A man with his feet on the ground but his eye on heaven. RIP.
Cat Headley@Cat_Headley
So sad to learn of the death of Stuart McQuarrie. We first met during his @UofGlasgow Chaplain days when I was on the board of @GUUnion and we recently sat on the @SAMHtweets board of trustees together until last year. A funny,passionate and caring man. He will be missed.
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And he got the Elvis reference…
Eddie Barnes@EddieBarnes23
Alf Young in today's @SundayTimesScot on the recent @scottish_future "implementation gap" paper. "It has presented me with a rational context for all the policy mis-steps I have been critiquing in countless columns down the years." thetimes.co.uk/article/the-sn…
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📰 NEW MONITOR | Monitor 85: Positioning for the next election
Monitor reviews the latest constitutional developments.
This edition covers:
♟️ Parliament
🗳️ Elections
👩💼 Executive
🇬🇧 Nations
🙋 Public opinion
🌍 International affairs
Read it now 👇
ucl.ac.uk/constitution-u…
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Excellent article by @ProfJimG citing last week's @scottish_future report on Scotland's yawning implementation gap. Look beyond our politicians, it's our politics that's to blame.
thetimes.co.uk/article/jim-ga…
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In this evening's Unspun, @HTScotPol looks at a new report that publishes what the Scottish Government promises and what it actually delivers
heraldscotland.com/news/23895870.…
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🚨 NEW: Today we launch our new report, "A Little Less Conversation: Closing Scotland's Implementation Gap".
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Say one thing one week, do the opposite the next. No Verity in this House.
“Fully funded” means adding between £150-250m to govt grants to councils. Where from?
A freeze can only be enforced by severe cuts to the grants of any council that dares plan to put tax up. Will he do so?
James Mitchell@ProfJMitchell
Legal but totally contrary to Verity House Agreement and good governance. Essentially saying to lg, freeze council tax and we’ll partially make up difference in grant (which Scot Govt has been cutting grant for years now).
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Some thoughts on the changed political weather in Scotland, and how to shape the climate: here (£)
thetimes.co.uk/article/anas-s…
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