Downie links Scotland’s future to skills and security

Downie links Scotland’s future to skills and security

Graeme Downie, Labour MP for Dunfermline and Dollar, used a St Andrew’s Day debate in the Commons to argue that Scotland’s long-term economic strength and social mobility are now inseparable from its defence industrial base and the skills required to sustain it. In a broad speech reflecting on Scotland’s past, present and future, Downie said that national self-image often overlooks the country’s wider contributions, including engineering, manufa…