Reform Scotland

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Reform Scotland is a Scottish free market think tank launched on Monday 14 April 2008. It is the Northern outpost of the London based Reform, a Tory think tank.

People

Activities

Formation

According to a report in the Morning Star:

A new right-wing think tank is due to be launched in Scotland next month. It is sponsored by the finance sector - the very gnomes who have been whispering in John Swinney's ear over the Scottish Futures Trust. Reform Scotland aims to influence the Scottish policy agenda at Holyrood. Unsurprisingly, one of its interests is increasing competition in public services. Who is the heidie? Ben Thomson, chairman of the Noble finance group. Advisers include Trevor Matthews, chief executive of Friends Provident, and Sir Richard Sykes, former chairman of Glaxosmithkline. The director will be Geoff Mawdsley, former senior adviser to the Scottish Tories, and the trustees are drawn from across the financial services sector. And who has been in discussion with the heidie of Reform Scotland even before it is launched? Step forward Wendy Alexander.[3]

Ian McKerron, media adviser for Reform Scotland has stated thin response to this report that 'Reform Scotland is not aligned or affliliated to any political party [and]... is a registered charity which accepts donations from a range of sources, not just the finacial sector.[4]

Reform Scotland Public Services Report

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Advisory Board

Board of Management (Trustees)

contact

Executive Centre, 7-9 North St David Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1AW http://www.reformscotland.com/

Notes

  1. The only two people mentioned on the 'under construction' website on Sunday 13 April 2008.
  2. Whois entry, accessed 13 April 2008
  3. Morning Star March 17, 2008 Monday Feature - PFI by the back door; Around Scotland, Malcolm Burns reviews the latest goings-on in Scotland BYLINE: Malcolm Burns
  4. Ian McKerron Re: spin profiles - reform scotland Email to editor AT spinprofiles.org, Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:24:53
  5. Coverage of the report included:
    • Sunday Herald April 13, 2008 Sunday Final Edition 'Only 148 officers on beat to police all of Scotland'; POLICING: POLICY; Startling report calls for zero tolerance on crime BYLINE: John Bynorth Home Affairs Editor SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 8;
    • Scotland on Sunday April 20, 2008, Sunday 1 Edition A Lesson For Us All BYLINE: Richard Bath SECTION: Pg. 14;
    • The Times (London) April 14, 2008, Monday Public services are not working - so why don't we care? BYLINE: Geoff Mawdsley SECTION: FEATURES; Scotland; Pg. 22;
  6. Reform Scotland About, accessed 24 April 2008