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Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson is a former Labour MP who was UK trade minister and energy minister. He lives on the Isle of Lewis where he is chairman of Harris Tweed Hebrides. Brian is a visiting professor at the University of Strathclyde and chairs its Centre for Energy Studies.

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John Swinney needs to do some thinking about how to improve Scotland's education system (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Our ailing education system needs a 'big idea'. Where's the SNP's? Brian Wilson

Bernera Community Centre is at the heart of a costly legal row

The one bright side to the legal quagmire over a dog in a Bernera cafe Brian Wilson

Nuclear power plants in France, such as this one in Contz-les-Bains, have helped create the second cheapest electricity in Europe (Picture: Jean-Christophe Verhaegen)

Why it's time to bust myths about 'cheap' renewables, nuclear and gas Brian Wilson

Sally Kellerman (R) with her daughter Claire

Island groups face ruin after US woman raises legal claim over her dog

Scotland's police face accountability vacuum Brian Wilson

The GERS debate is settled, the real question is where the money goes Brian Wilson

Police and protesters clash in central London during riots that followed the Conservatives’ introduction of the community charge, aka the ‘poll tax’ (Picture: Peter Macdiarmid)

How the poll tax left a lasting legacy that still blights Scotland Brian Wilson

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Murrell scandal sees Swinney turn positively Trumpian Brian Wilson

To claim every nationalist vote cast in the Scottish election was a demand for a referendum on independence is clearly untrue (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

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Middle East oil crisis exposes SNP's false claims about independence Brian Wilson

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Voters have decided Keir Starmer doesn’t cut it as Prime Minister Brian Wilson

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC insists she did nothing wrong over briefing note to John Swinney about the Peter Murrell case (Picture: Jane Barlow)

Lord Advocate's Murrell note to Swinney speaks volumes about SNP Brian Wilson

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Starmer government's massive errors are overshadowing SNP incompetence Brian Wilson

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PM has one last chance but I doubt he'll survive Mandelson scandal Brian Wilson

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Complacency over high street crisis driving voters towards Reform Brian Wilson

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UK must take Donald Trump at his word – and seek shelter in Europe Brian Wilson

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