@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
Joined July 2014
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In Trump's shadow, Vance becomes face of Iran deal bbc.in/3Qvub5m

In Trump's shadow, Vance becomes face of Iran deal

His fierce defence of the Iran plan amid mounting criticism comes as speculation intensifies about a possible 2028 presidential run.

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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/n…

David Gow obituary

Journalist, gifted linguist and European business editor of the Guardian who was dismayed by Brexit

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Ian Murray MP
@IanMurrayMP9 Jul 2024
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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📰 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-unit/…
The top of the first page of Monitor 85, which reads "Constitution Unit. Monitor 85 / November 2023" and has a picture of Keir Starmer presenting two new MPs to Labour party colleagues.

ALT The top of the first page of Monitor 85, which reads "Constitution Unit. Monitor 85 / November 2023" and has a picture of Keir Starmer presenting two new MPs to Labour party colleagues.

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Eddie Barnes@EddieBarnes239 Nov 2023
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-g…
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@heraldscotland1 Nov 2023
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/2389…
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🚨 NEW: Today we launch our new report, "A Little Less Conversation: Closing Scotland's Implementation Gap".
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So what this ain't is a unitary state ✍️ @ProfJimG ourscottishfuture.org/no-the…

No, The UK Is Not a Unitary State

There’s been some pretty chaotic debate in the last week about the nature of Scotland’s place in the UK and relationship with it.

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Conservative peer Lord Frost argues today that the chaos in the SNP is an opportunity to roll back devolution. Thanks for the advice but no thanks, responds @ProfJimG ourscottishfuture.org/frosty…

Frosty the No man

When conservative peer David Frost argues for something, you can be pretty sure it’s wrong. But when he claims the current disgraceful state of the SNP and the Scottish government is a reason to roll...

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Future of the SNP: When Sturgeon leaves the stage, the spell is broken, writes Prof Jim Gallagher. thetimes.co.uk/article/b1cc6…
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New podcast ep! @ProfJimG & @mollycnolan discuss the fallout from Nicola Sturgeon's decision to quit office, including; the hustings, the bottle deposit return scheme, the place of religion in a modern secular society & independence. Listen now! 👇 podfollow.com/1601404986/epi…
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Last week we held a fascinating panel event with members of Gordon Brown’s Commission on the Future of the UK, to discuss its recent report. The wonderful @sarahsackman @SimonHenig @ProfJimG & @thom_brooks joined us, with @SHockmanQC chairing. Link to the full video below!
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📢Great news! Prof Jim Gallagher’s insightful working paper & PowerPoint from last week's Lecture on "Which Way Now for the UK Constitution? Evaluating Labour's Constitutional Proposals" are now available on our website👉bit.ly/3H4dlBY #UKConstitution #LabourProposals
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A reminder of today’s Public Lecture with Professor Jim Gallagher (5.15pm, Schools III, followed by a reception): “Which Way Now for the UK Constitution? Evaluating Labour’s Constitutional Proposals.” This event can also be joined online via MS Teams: DM us for details.
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Today we’ve published a new report on the immense challenges facing the NHS in Scotland – and setting out some short-term ideas to help this winter ourscottishfuture.org/crisis…
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Nicola Sturgeon's economic plan for independence is full of wishful thinking. Instead of daydreaming about the economics of fairyland, @ProfJimG argues that we need practical plans for a more powerful Scotland, with more say in the UK ourscottishfuture.org/wishfu…
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Ian Fraser@Ian_Fraser27 Sep 2022
Italian cyclist Michael Guerra uses his knowledge of physics and aerodynamics to adopt a “plank” position and overtake his competitors.
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This video is a staged marketing stunt from 2017, arranged by the Italian fixed-gear bike shop Dafne Fixed. The technique is real (and impressive) but this is not an actual bike race as the tweet might be construed to imply. Original video: youtube.com/watch?v=3Iz7ZM… 2017 article: bicycling.com/news/a20030642…
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Mike Ewart@micktomted25 Sep 2022
Hell’s Bells and Buckets of Blood! Nearly three years of successfully dodging the bullet and today the plague has finally got me.
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Middle not muscle by @ProfJimG thetimes.co.uk/article/16eac…
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"The extraordinary thing about the UK is how centralised it is both economically and socially" - @ProfJimG on building a better Britain.
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