George Kerevan - Revision history

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Josh Leeson at 16:01, 23 July 2015

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Olivia Rendall at 09:08, 18 May 2015

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David: /* Notes */

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David at 13:15, 20 January 2007

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On Torture

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-*[[Rachel Clutterbuck]], niece. Project manager at [[J. Walter Thompson]], where she has been declared by Kerevan as involved in 'engaged in lobbying the public sector on behalf of a third party or
+*[[Rachel Clutterbuck]], niece. Project manager at [[J. Walter Thompson]], where she has been declared by Kerevan as involved in 'engaged in lobbying the public sector on behalf of a third party or client'.<ref> Parliament Publications [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/150713/150713.pdf Register of Members’ Financial Interests as at 13 July 2015], accessed 23 July 2015.</ref>
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-[[George Kerevan]] is the [[Scottish National Party]] MP for East Lothian having been elected in the 2015 general election. <ref> [http://www.snp.org/people/george-kerevan George Kerevan MP] ''SNP'', accessed 18 May 2015 </ref>
+'''George Kerevan''' is the [[Scottish National Party]] MP for East Lothian having been elected in the 2015 general election. <ref> [http://www.snp.org/people/george-kerevan George Kerevan MP] ''SNP'', accessed 18 May 2015 </ref>
 Kerevan is a former associate editor and chief leader writer of the [[Scotsman]] and a columnist for [[Holyrood Magazine]]. He is also a regular broadcaster and commentator on the BBC and, as a documentary film-maker, he appears often on the History Channel and Discovery on both sides of the Atlantic. He is also assocated with the market fundamentalist think tank the [[Policy Institute]] which is based inside the offices of the Scotsman.{{ref|PI}}
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 :The only way to destroy this conservative, subsidy-driven culture is by cutting off its financial lifeline to England, which is there because [[Gordon Brown]] and other ambitious Scottish Westminster politicians such as [[John Reid]] are anxious to protect their domestic base. Fry sees this revolution in moral terms, forcing the Scots to return to their thrifty, self-improving, Presbyterian roots. He has a point, but I suspect 21st-century Scottish society will entail a radical reinvention of its traditional character as new political forces emerge. When the conservative shell is finally shattered, we will be more youthful, hedonistic and risk-taking. Scotland as a fun place for the English to visit? I have my hopes.{{ref|Ker2}}
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 :The only way to destroy this conservative, subsidy-driven culture is by cutting off its financial lifeline to England, which is there because [[Gordon Brown]] and other ambitious Scottish Westminster politicians such as [[John Reid]] are anxious to protect their domestic base. Fry sees this revolution in moral terms, forcing the Scots to return to their thrifty, self-improving, Presbyterian roots. He has a point, but I suspect 21st-century Scottish society will entail a radical reinvention of its traditional character as new political forces emerge. When the conservative shell is finally shattered, we will be more youthful, hedonistic and risk-taking. Scotland as a fun place for the English to visit? I have my hopes.{{ref|Ker2}}
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 #{{note|PI}} George Kerevan and Gavin Don, [http://www.policyinstitute.info/AllPDFs/KerevanDonDec03.pdf The Voyages of the Starship “Scottish Enterprise”] Policy Institute, Series: Economy No. 5 December 2003.
 #{{note|biog}} [http://www.holyrood.com/nav/publications/Columnists/georgekerevan.asp George Kerevan] biogra[phical note on the Holyrod Magazine Website.
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 #{{note|Tul}} John Tulloch, [http://www.ethicalspace.org/archive/2006_V2_4_feature-1.html Normalising the unthinkable – the British press, torture, and the human rights of terrorist suspects], Ethical Space, Vol 2, No. 4. 2006.
 #{{note|Ker2}} George Kerevan [http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=7991 Reinventing Scotland], Prospect, Issue 129, December 2006.

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−	George Kerevan is ~~Associate Editor~~ and ~~Chief Leader Writer~~ of the [[Scotsman]] and a columnist for [[Holyrood Magazine]]. He is also a regular broadcaster and commentator on the BBC and, as a documentary film-maker, he appears often on the History Channel and Discovery on both sides of the Atlantic. He is also assocated with the market fundamentalist think tank the [[Policy Institute]] which is based inside the offices of the Scotsman.{{ref\|PI}}	+	[[George Kerevan]] is the [[Scottish National Party]] MP for East Lothian having been elected in the 2015 general election. <ref> [http://www.snp.org/people/george-kerevan George Kerevan MP] ''SNP'', accessed 18 May 2015 </ref>
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		+	Kerevan is a former associate editor and chief leader writer of the [[Scotsman]] and a columnist for [[Holyrood Magazine]]. He is also a regular broadcaster and commentator on the BBC and, as a documentary film-maker, he appears often on the History Channel and Discovery on both sides of the Atlantic. He is also assocated with the market fundamentalist think tank the [[Policy Institute]] which is based inside the offices of the Scotsman.{{ref\|PI}}

	For a decade, he served on the management board of the [[Edinburgh International Festival]] and also founded the [[Edinburgh International Science Festival]]. He has served on the boards of many arts organisations, including the [[Traverse Theatre]], [[the Lyceum]], [[7:84]], [[Assembly Productions]], [[Edinburgh Film House]] and the [[Edinburgh International Film Festival]].		For a decade, he served on the management board of the [[Edinburgh International Festival]] and also founded the [[Edinburgh International Science Festival]]. He has served on the boards of many arts organisations, including the [[Traverse Theatre]], [[the Lyceum]], [[7:84]], [[Assembly Productions]], [[Edinburgh Film House]] and the [[Edinburgh International Film Festival]].

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 #{{note|PI}} George Kerevan and Gavin Don, [http://www.policyinstitute.info/AllPDFs/KerevanDonDec03.pdf The Voyages of the Starship “Scottish Enterprise”] Policy Institute, Series: Economy No. 5 December 2003.
-#{{note|biog}} [[http://www.holyrood.com/nav/publications/Columnists/georgekerevan.asp George Kerevan] biogra[phical note on the Holyrod Magazine Website.
+#{{note|biog}} [http://www.holyrood.com/nav/publications/Columnists/georgekerevan.asp George Kerevan] biogra[phical note on the Holyrod Magazine Website.
 #{{note|Voice}} [http://www.scottishsocialistvoice.net/back%20issues%2004/issue%20176.htm From left to right] Scottish Socialist Voice, Issue 176, p. 4.
 #{{note|Ker3}}FRASER NELSON and GEORGE KEREVAN [http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/900546/posts Only one winner in war of words] ''The Scotsman'', April 26, 2003.

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		+	===Pro war==
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		+	:It is always easy to be right in hindsight, especially when it comes to something as unpredictable as war. Yet many of those who opposed the war in Iraq got it spectacularly wrong, while Messrs Bush, Blair, Rumsfeld and Hoon were more correct than wrong-footed.{{ref\|Ker3}}
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		+	The anti war movement:
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		+	:was the classic example of the political myth - driven by emotion rather than reason and surviving in isolation from the hard facts. The grim truth was that, in Iraq, war was the second worst option. April 2003{{ref\|Ker4}}

	===On Torture===		===On Torture===