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Robin Lindsay McAlpine (born December 1972) is a Scottish campaigner who was the Director of the Common Weal think tank from 2014 to 2021. He has previously worked as a journalist, and was the first director of the Jimmy Reid Foundation. McAlpine previously worked as a political researcher for Labour MP George Robertson. [1] He also worked as a journalist, and was Deputy Director of Universities Scotland. [2] [3] He later became Director of the Jimmy Reid Foundation. [4]

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McAlpine is the son of former Labour Party and Scottish National Party Councillor Tom McAlpine and the sociologist and activist Isobel Lindsay. [5]

Common Weal

McAlpine first began to develop on economic philosophy based around the idea of a 'common weal' at the Jimmy Reid Foundation, before leaving in 2014 to set up the Common Weal project as a think tank in its own right. [6] [7]

In 2016 McAlpine published Determination: How Scotland Can Become Independent by 2021. [8] In January 2021, he asked to step down as Director of Common Weal for the role of Head of Strategic Development after receiving backlash for a highly critical article he wrote about Nicola Sturgeon in connection with the ongoing row with Alex Salmond. [9]

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  1. ↑ "Crash ended player's career". The Herald. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "COMMON WEAL TEAM". Common Weal. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. ↑ McAlpine, Robin; Murray, Craig; Pollock, Allyson; Ramsay, Adam (2013). "The Democratic University: A proposal for university governance for the Common Weal". The Jimmy Reid Foundation.
  4. ↑ "Grangemouth: Jimmy Reid Foundation director Robin McAlpine reflects on a huge week for Scottish industry". Daily Record. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Tom McAlpine - an appreciation". The Scotsman. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  6. ↑ McAlpine, Robin. "Work for the Common Weal". The Scotsman. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Common Weal splits from Jimmy Reid Foundation". The Herald. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  8. ↑ McAlpine, Robin (2016). Determination: How Scotland Can Become Independent by 2021. Common Print. ISBN   978-0-9930965-4-9.
  9. ↑ Nutt, Kathleen (14 January 2021). "Robin McAlpine quits as Common Weal chief after angry article". The National. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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