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Marie Macklin

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There are new opportunities for Scottish shipbuilding and we must take them

There are new opportunities for Scottish shipbuilding and we must take them

Scotland's tradition of shipbuilding has iconic status and can still deliver a new age of success, argues Dr Marie Macklin Scotland’s industrial...

26.09.2025 4

Herald Scotland

Marie Macklin

We should learn a lesson from America’s can-do attitude Now, with Scotland and the rest of the UK well placed to drive forward the industries of the future, a new era of opportunity is before us. That is why I’m delighted that we are on the verge of securing no fewer than 1,200 jobs for Ayrshire, in a development that promises to lock in growth, opportunity and community wealth for the long term.

A new age of industrialisation is dawning in Scotland. For too long, the communities once supported by the industries of generations gone by have...

01.08.2025 9

Herald Scotland

Marie Macklin

Is this a better way of doing politics? I think so

It was Barack Obama who summed up the extent of tribal division in US politics when, in 2015, he observed that not even becoming a literal lifesaver...

18.06.2025 5

Herald Scotland

Marie Macklin