Policy Institute - Revision history

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-The [[Policy Institute]] was a think tanks created to coincide with the first election to the [[Scottish Parliaent]] in 1999.  It was strongly associated with and indeed for a time based in the offices of the [[Scotsman]] the [[Barclay Brothers]] newspaper and took a strong neoliberal and pro-market line.  In September 2008 it dissolved itself into the new neoliberal think tank [[Reform Scotland]].<ref> Policy Institute [http://policyinstitute.info/resource/2008/09/pifinalsep08.pdf Policy Institute Merges With Reform Scotland] Accessed January 5th 2009 </ref>
+The [[Policy Institute]] was a think tank created to coincide with the first election to the [[Scottish Parliament]] in 1999.  It was strongly associated with and indeed for a time based within the offices of the [[Scotsman]], the [[Barclay Brothers]]' newspaper, and took a strong neoliberal and pro-market line.  In September 2008 it dissolved itself into the new neoliberal think tank [[Reform Scotland]].<ref> Policy Institute [http://policyinstitute.info/resource/2008/09/pifinalsep08.pdf Policy Institute Merges With Reform Scotland] Accessed January 5th 2009 </ref>
-According to the account of Hartwig pautz a doctoral student at glasgow caledonian University:
+According to the account of Hartwig Pautz, a doctoral student at Glasgow Caledonian University:
-:The Policy Institute's (PI) foundation co-incided with the first election to the Scottish Parliament in 1999. It is institutionally independent from any political party. [[Bill Jamieson]], senior journalist at the right-leaning The [[Scotsman]] [[broadsheet]] (owned by the [[Barclay Brothers]], is the Director of the PI, which has no office, &#39;only a desk at the Scotsman&#39;, as its Executive Director [[Tom Miers]] phrased it. He is the only salaried member of the PI, joined the PI in May 2003 &#39;to run the institute on a more full-time basis&#39;. He formerly worked for the [[IEA]] in an administrative role. He described The Scotsman as very generous in allocating logistic re-sources to the PI and allowing a senior member of its staff to re-dedicate some of his time to the institute. Jamieson has been a frequent guest at the IEA  and at the [[Bruges Group]] - a Thatcherite committed to a fight against deeper UK integration into the EU. The PI&#39;s board of trustees is less impressive than that of other more established Scottish think-tanks such as the [[David Hume Institute]] and the [[Scottish Council Foundation]]. It is composed of The Scotsman pundit Katie Grant, a top manager of [[Scottish Friendly Assurance]] [[Colin McLean]], and [[Allan Massie]], a journalist-turned-writer.
+:The Policy Institute's (PI) foundation coincided with the first election to the Scottish Parliament in 1999. It is institutionally independent from any political party. [[Bill Jamieson]], senior journalist at the right-leaning The [[Scotsman]] [[broadsheet]] (owned by the [[Barclay Brothers]], is the Director of the PI, which has no office, &#39;only a desk at the Scotsman&#39;, as its Executive Director [[Tom Miers]] phrased it. He is the only salaried member of the PI, joined the PI in May 2003 &#39;to run the institute on a more full-time basis&#39;. He formerly worked for the [[IEA]] in an administrative role. He described The Scotsman as very generous in allocating logistic re-sources to the PI and allowing a senior member of its staff to re-dedicate some of his time to the institute. Jamieson has been a frequent guest at the IEA  and at the [[Bruges Group]] - a Thatcherite committed to a fight against deeper UK integration into the EU. The PI&#39;s board of trustees is less impressive than that of other more established Scottish think-tanks such as the [[David Hume Institute]] and the [[Scottish Council Foundation]]. It is composed of The Scotsman pundit Katie Grant, a top manager of [[Scottish Friendly Assurance]] [[Colin McLean]], and [[Allan Massie]], a journalist-turned-writer.
 :In the Scottish think-tank world, the [[David Hume Institute]] and the PI share a similar ideological background, but differ in their style. The DHI is more academic and more restrained than the polemic pro-market philosophy of the PI, which has likened the NHS to Soviet-style bureaucracy  and generally demands that the forces of the free market are let loose on the public sector. This goal is fuelled by the PI&#39;s "mission and [its] purpose, which is broadly to research how the classical liberal ideas of the Scottish Enlightenment [...] can be applied to modern Scotland". The PI is a multi-issue think-tank that concentrates exclusively on Scotland&#39;s economy, public services, environmental and agricultural policies, and modernisation of governance. As it has no in-house expertise, scholars from the relevant fields are commissioned to write papers and newspaper contributions, so that the PI faciliates policy learning processes. The PI belonges to the neo-liberal privatisation advocacy community. The PI also has some features of a vanity think-tank, as it is the brainchild and hobbyhorse of a conservative journalist at odds with the perceived leftist Scottish consensus. It certainly serves the Scotsman as a reliable source for neo-liberal leaders and opinion pieces and, in a reciprocal process, as a further outlet of broadsheet&#39;s political views.<ref>Hartwig Pautz, "[http://www.psa.ac.uk/journals/pdf/5/2005/Pautz.pdf Think-Tanks in Scotland]", paper given at the 55th Political Studies Association Annual Conference, 4-7 April 2005 - University of Leeds, p. 6, accessed January 2009.</ref>

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 Of the PI's sponsors since 2003 about half were trusts, such as the [[Tay Charitable Trust]] and the [[Binks Trust]]. Companies, e.g. [[Scottish Equitable]], [[Holyrood Holdings]] (Barclay Bros holding company for [[Telegraph Media Group]], The Scotsman, the [[Spectator Magazine]], Scotland on Sunday and the Edinburgh Evening News), and [[Stagecoach]], the trade association [[Federation of Small Business]] and individuals make up the other half.
 ==People==
+'''Director''' [[Bill Jamieson]] | '''Executive Director'''[[Tom Miers]] | '''Research Director''' [[Brian Monteith]] | '''Press Officer'''[[Neil Rafferty]]
 ===Trustees===
 Prof. [[Peter Jones]] | Sir [[Donald MacKay]] | [[Colin McLean]] | [[Allan Massie]] | [[Andrew Neil]]  | Prof. Sir [[Alan Peacock]] | [[Amy Rafferty]]
 ==Publications==

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−		+	The [[Policy Institute]] was a think tanks created to coincide with the first election to the [[Scottish Parliaent]] in 1999. It was strongly associated with and indeed for a time based in the offices of the [[Scotsman]] the [[Barclay Brothers]] newspaper and took a strong neoliberal and pro-market line. In September 2008 it dissolved itself into the new neoliberal think tank [[Reform Scotland]].<ref> Policy Institute [http://policyinstitute.info/resource/2008/09/pifinalsep08.pdf Policy Institute Merges With Reform Scotland] Accessed January 5th 2009 </ref>

	According to the account of Hartwig pautz a doctoral student at glasgow caledonian University:		According to the account of Hartwig pautz a doctoral student at glasgow caledonian University:

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 The Policy Institute's (PI) foundation co-incided with the first election to the Scottish Parliament in 1999. It is institutionally independent from any political party. [[Bill Jamieson]], senior journalist at the right-leaning The [[Scotsman]] [[broadsheet]] (owned by the [[Barclay Brothers]], is the Director of the PI, which has no office, &#39;only a desk at the Scotsman&#39;, as its Executive Director [[Tom Miers]] phrased it. He is the only salaried member of the PI, joined the PI in May 2003 &#39;to run the institute on a more full-time basis&#39;. He formerly worked for the [[IEA]] in an administrative role. He described The Scotsman as very generous in allocating logistic re-sources to the PI and allowing a senior member of its staff to re-dedicate some of his time to the institute. Jamieson has been a frequent guest at the IEA  and at the [[Bruges Group]] - a Thatcherite committed to a fight against deeper UK integration into the EU. The PI&#39;s board of trustees is less impressive than that of other more established Scottish think-tanks such as the [[David Hume Institute]] and the [[Scottish Council Foundation]]. It is composed of The Scotsman pundit Katie Grant, a top manager of [[Scottish Friendly Assurance]] [[Colin McLean]], and [[Allan Massie]], a journalist-turned-writer.
 In the Scottish think-tank world, the [[David Hume Institute]] and the PI share a similar ideological background, but differ in their style. The DHI is more academic and more restrained than the polemic pro-market philosophy of the PI, which has likened the NHS to Soviet-style bureaucracy  and generally demands that the forces of the free market are let loose on the public sector. This goal is fuelled by the PI&#39;s "mission and [its] purpose, which is broadly to research how the classical liberal ideas of the Scottish Enlightenment [...] can be applied to modern Scotland". The PI is a multi-issue think-tank that concentrates exclusively on Scotland&#39;s economy, public services, environmental and agricultural policies, and modernisation of governance. As it has no in-house expertise, scholars from the relevant fields are commissioned to write papers and newspaper contributions, so that the PI faciliates policy learning processes. The PI belonges to the neo-liberal privatisation advocacy community. The PI also has some features of a vanity think-tank, as it is the brainchild and hobbyhorse of a conservative journalist at odds with the perceived leftist Scottish consensus. It certainly serves the Scotsman as a reliable source for neo-liberal leaders and opinion pieces and, in a reciprocal process, as a further outlet of broadsheet&#39;s political views.
 ==Activities==
 ===Water===

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 ===Trustees===
-*Prof. [[Peter Jones]]
+*Prof. [[Peter Jones]] | Sir [[Donald MacKay]] | [[Colin McLean]] | [[Allan Massie]] | [[Andrew Neil]]  | Prof. Sir [[Alan Peacock]] | [[Amy Rafferty]]
 ==Publications==

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 The Policy Institute, prior to their merger with [[Reform Scotland]] <ref> Policy Institute [http://policyinstitute.info/resource/2008/09/pifinalsep08.pdf Policy Institute Merges With Reform Scotland] Accessed January 5th 2009 </ref> published some commentaries on [[Scottish Water]].
 Amongst these was a paper they commissioned [[Colin Robinson]] to write. This paper, 'Reviving The Scottish
-Water Industry' recommended a liberalised, competitive framework alongside the privatisation of the industry <ref> Policy Institute, Colin Robinson [http://policyinstitute.info/resource/2007/10/robinsonmar05.pdf Reviving The Scottish
+Water Industry' recommended a liberalised, competitive framework alongside the privatisation of the industry <ref> Policy Institute, Colin Robinson [http://policyinstitute.info/resource/2007/10/robinsonmar05.pdf Reviving The Scottish Water Industry] Series: Economy No. 9 (March 2005) </ref>.
 [[David Bell]] and [[Donald Mackay]] wrote a paper for the [[Policy Institute]] titled [http://policyinstitute.info/resource/2007/10/bellmackaysep06.pdfThe Political Economy of Devolution]. According to [[Bill Jamieson]] their central point in the paper is how 'public spending is too high in Scotland, and this has a number of damaging economic and political effects' <ref> Policy Institute, Professor Sir Donald Mackay & Professor David Bell [http://policyinstitute.info/resource/2007/10/bellmackaysep06.pdf The Political Economy Of Devolution] Series: Economy No. 12 (September 2006) (p3) </ref>. One of their main proposals regards cutting back on public spending is the privatisation of Scottish Water <ref> Policy Institute, Professor Sir Donald Mackay & Professor David Bell [http://policyinstitute.info/resource/2007/10/bellmackaysep06.pdf The Political Economy Of Devolution] Series: Economy No. 12 (September 2006) (p39) </ref>.

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 The Policy Institute, prior to their merger with Reform Scotland in September 2008, published some commentaries on [[Scottish Water]].
-Amongst these was a paper they commissioned [[Colin Robinson]] to write. This paper, [http://policyinstitute.info/resource/2007/10/robinsonmar05.pdf Reviving The Scottish
+Amongst these was a paper they commissioned [[Colin Robinson]] to write. This paper, 'Reviving The Scottish
-Water Industry] recommended a liberalised, competitive framework alongside the privatisation of the industry.
+Water Industry' recommended a liberalised, competitive framework alongside the privatisation of the industry <ref> Policy Institute, Colin Robinson [[http://policyinstitute.info/resource/2007/10/robinsonmar05.pdf Reviving The Scottish
 [[David Bell]] and [[Donald Mackay]] wrote a paper for the [[Policy Institute]] titled [http://policyinstitute.info/resource/2007/10/bellmackaysep06.pdfThe Political Economy of Devolution]. According to [[Bill Jamieson]] their central point in the paper is how 'public spending is too high in Scotland, and this has a number of damaging economic and political effects' <ref> Policy Institute, Professor Sir Donald Mackay & Professor David Bell [http://policyinstitute.info/resource/2007/10/bellmackaysep06.pdf The Political Economy Of Devolution] Series: Economy No. 12 (September 2006) (p3) </ref>. One of their main proposals regards cutting back on public spending is the privatisation of Scottish Water <ref> Policy Institute, Professor Sir Donald Mackay & Professor David Bell [http://policyinstitute.info/resource/2007/10/bellmackaysep06.pdf The Political Economy Of Devolution] Series: Economy No. 12 (September 2006) (p39) </ref>.