SPOKEN WORD

ScotlandsFest: Donald Dewar – An Incomplete Legacy?

Mark Peel / Luath Press

Venue

St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church

Dates

26 Aug

Time

3:00pm · 60min

Price

£10

Donald Dewar, Scotland's inaugural First Minister, battled long and hard to establish the Scottish Parliament. Yet, despite the vision proclaimed at its opening in July 1999, the Parliament has become mired in constitutional wrangling. Where has it all gone wrong and who is to blame? The media, for inflating unrealistic expectations? Dewar, for failing to outline a new vision for Scotland? Or the Labour Party, for underestimating the rise of the SNP? Mark Peel, Dewar’s biographer, charts the fluctuating fortunes of his career and assesses the impact of his premature death.