Chris Creegan
@chriscreegan.bsky.social
Public policy consultant, Non-executive, Runner.
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Chris Creegan
@chriscreegan.bsky.social
· Jul 10
Every picture tells a story - a postcard from the past
Lawrence Buckley 24th August 1957 - 10th July 1995
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New from me on Substack: on the 30th anniversary of the death of my late partner, Lawrence.
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New output from SHERU 🪙 📈
The impact of the pandemic on savings and debt: did the experience of Scotland differ from the rest of Great Britain?
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The impact of the pandemic on savings and debt: did the experience of Scotland differ from the rest of Great Britain?
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The impact of the pandemic on savings and debt: did the experience of Scotland differ from the rest of Great Britain? - Scottish Health Equity Research Unit
Did the experience of Scotland differ from the rest of Great Britain?
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January 30, 2026 at 11:03 AM
New output from SHERU 🪙 📈
The impact of the pandemic on savings and debt: did the experience of Scotland differ from the rest of Great Britain?
scothealthequity.org/the-impact-o...
The impact of the pandemic on savings and debt: did the experience of Scotland differ from the rest of Great Britain?
scothealthequity.org/the-impact-o...
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New SHERU webinar: 🔷Refreshing the National Performance Framework🔷
🕐️ Monday March 2nd, 1-2pm
🔗 Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/refreshing...
🕐️ Monday March 2nd, 1-2pm
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Refreshing the National Performance Framework
A timely opportunity to reflect on what the NPF has achieved to date, what it has struggled to deliver, and how it can be strengthened.
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February 9, 2026 at 10:16 AM
New SHERU webinar: 🔷Refreshing the National Performance Framework🔷
🕐️ Monday March 2nd, 1-2pm
🔗 Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/refreshing...
🕐️ Monday March 2nd, 1-2pm
🔗 Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/refreshing...
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How Europe can escape an economic impasse ft.trib.al/RWbFTwf | opinion
How Europe can escape an economic impasse
The continent needs a unified corporate framework open to companies of all sizes and sectors
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February 11, 2026 at 5:40 AM
How Europe can escape an economic impasse ft.trib.al/RWbFTwf | opinion
Spot on again by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
And the time has long since past for the phrase, ‘you have to give Trump credit,’ to be uttered by serious commentators anywhere.
And the time has long since past for the phrase, ‘you have to give Trump credit,’ to be uttered by serious commentators anywhere.
Don’t be fooled by Trump's promises on de-escalation in Minneapolis - or anything else. With Trump, what might look like a full retreat is almost always a mere tactical withdrawal, designed to buy time. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It is beyond naive for Democrats – and Europe – to think Trump’s retreats are real. He never backs down for long | Jonathan Freedland
Whether it’s Minneapolis or Greenland, the US president will do just enough to get through a damaging news cycle, then carry on as before, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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February 1, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Spot on again by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
And the time has long since past for the phrase, ‘you have to give Trump credit,’ to be uttered by serious commentators anywhere.
And the time has long since past for the phrase, ‘you have to give Trump credit,’ to be uttered by serious commentators anywhere.
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The Scottish Government’s new suicide prevention plan, "Creating Hope Together: Scotland’s Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2026–2029", is now out: www.gov.scot/publications...
Creating Hope Together: Scotland's Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2026-2029
The second three year action plan of Creating Hope Together: Scotland’s Suicide Prevention Strategy (2022-2032)
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January 26, 2026 at 1:07 PM
The Scottish Government’s new suicide prevention plan, "Creating Hope Together: Scotland’s Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2026–2029", is now out: www.gov.scot/publications...
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Our January edition of Prevention Watch is out today.
In this edition, we look at prevention in the Scottish and UK budgets, a report on health and employment, links between wealth inequality and suicide, and England’s new youth strategy.
Check it out here: scothealthequity.org/prevention-w...
In this edition, we look at prevention in the Scottish and UK budgets, a report on health and employment, links between wealth inequality and suicide, and England’s new youth strategy.
Check it out here: scothealthequity.org/prevention-w...
Prevention Watch January 2026 - Scottish Health Equity Research Unit
Prevention Watch is a regular Scottish Health Equity Research Unit (SHERU) briefing that looks at prevention as a means of public service delivery to reduce health inequalities in Scotland.
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January 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Our January edition of Prevention Watch is out today.
In this edition, we look at prevention in the Scottish and UK budgets, a report on health and employment, links between wealth inequality and suicide, and England’s new youth strategy.
Check it out here: scothealthequity.org/prevention-w...
In this edition, we look at prevention in the Scottish and UK budgets, a report on health and employment, links between wealth inequality and suicide, and England’s new youth strategy.
Check it out here: scothealthequity.org/prevention-w...
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Working on a reported piece about middle-aged men (40s–60s) who’ve fallen out of the workforce or are struggling with issues like loneliness, mental health, addiction or housing insecurity. DM me if you fit the profile and are up for a chat.
January 25, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Working on a reported piece about middle-aged men (40s–60s) who’ve fallen out of the workforce or are struggling with issues like loneliness, mental health, addiction or housing insecurity. DM me if you fit the profile and are up for a chat.
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EXCLUSIVE 🚨In a remarkable report for The New World, the award-winning podcaster and broadcaster @maitlis.bsky.social joins a deportation plane-spotter to watch Trump’s shock troops kick ordinary people out of the US
🔓 Free to read
Full report ➡️ buff.ly/waAJ7Ki
🔓 Free to read
Full report ➡️ buff.ly/waAJ7Ki
January 23, 2026 at 8:07 AM
EXCLUSIVE 🚨In a remarkable report for The New World, the award-winning podcaster and broadcaster @maitlis.bsky.social joins a deportation plane-spotter to watch Trump’s shock troops kick ordinary people out of the US
🔓 Free to read
Full report ➡️ buff.ly/waAJ7Ki
🔓 Free to read
Full report ➡️ buff.ly/waAJ7Ki
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Sad to learn of the death of former BBC foreign correspondent Sir Mark Tully. For so many years he was known as the ‘Voice of India.’ As a tribute I play one of the pieces Sir Mark selected on BBC Radio’s Desert Island Discs: Danny Boy.
My tribute to Sir Mark Tully: a broadcasting legend.
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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January 25, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Sad to learn of the death of former BBC foreign correspondent Sir Mark Tully. For so many years he was known as the ‘Voice of India.’ As a tribute I play one of the pieces Sir Mark selected on BBC Radio’s Desert Island Discs: Danny Boy.
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NEW: A second US citizen killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis, a 37 year old man.
Officials say the man had a handgun and there was an “armed struggle.”
Anyone who has been in Minneapolis recently will not be surprised. As our report says, it’s been made into a powder keg.
Officials say the man had a handgun and there was an “armed struggle.”
Anyone who has been in Minneapolis recently will not be surprised. As our report says, it’s been made into a powder keg.
NEW: Weekend News Agents
Our special report from Minnesota
On the ground, inside Donald Trump’s new surveillance state. Where ICE watch citizens. And the citizens watch back. Where political authority is fraying with each passing day.
Listening now
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Our special report from Minnesota
On the ground, inside Donald Trump’s new surveillance state. Where ICE watch citizens. And the citizens watch back. Where political authority is fraying with each passing day.
Listening now
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Special Report: Surveillance and snatch squads in Trump's new America
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 23/01/2026 · 54m
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January 24, 2026 at 6:03 PM
NEW: A second US citizen killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis, a 37 year old man.
Officials say the man had a handgun and there was an “armed struggle.”
Anyone who has been in Minneapolis recently will not be surprised. As our report says, it’s been made into a powder keg.
Officials say the man had a handgun and there was an “armed struggle.”
Anyone who has been in Minneapolis recently will not be surprised. As our report says, it’s been made into a powder keg.
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I think this is the most important article I've written for a while: a trip to Sudan to report on the UN's refugee agency.
Battered by Trump's cuts and western retreat, can humanitarianism survive?
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Battered by Trump's cuts and western retreat, can humanitarianism survive?
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January 24, 2026 at 2:22 PM
I think this is the most important article I've written for a while: a trip to Sudan to report on the UN's refugee agency.
Battered by Trump's cuts and western retreat, can humanitarianism survive?
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Battered by Trump's cuts and western retreat, can humanitarianism survive?
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WIN for assisted dying in Jersey!
In a landslide vote, Jersey lawmakers have backed choice for terminally ill, mentally competent adults.
Respecting the experiences of dying people, and overwhelming public support, politicians progressed an assisted dying law that is safe, fair and compassionate.
In a landslide vote, Jersey lawmakers have backed choice for terminally ill, mentally competent adults.
Respecting the experiences of dying people, and overwhelming public support, politicians progressed an assisted dying law that is safe, fair and compassionate.
January 21, 2026 at 1:14 PM
WIN for assisted dying in Jersey!
In a landslide vote, Jersey lawmakers have backed choice for terminally ill, mentally competent adults.
Respecting the experiences of dying people, and overwhelming public support, politicians progressed an assisted dying law that is safe, fair and compassionate.
In a landslide vote, Jersey lawmakers have backed choice for terminally ill, mentally competent adults.
Respecting the experiences of dying people, and overwhelming public support, politicians progressed an assisted dying law that is safe, fair and compassionate.
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Latest column is on Iran: what happened, what can be done and how we talk about it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thousands of Iranians have been killed protesting for their freedom. Why are so many silent on their plight? | Jonathan Freedland
US bombs are not the answer, but there’s much the outside world can do – starting with noticing the horror unfolding in Tehran, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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January 16, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Latest column is on Iran: what happened, what can be done and how we talk about it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Like many storytellers, Trump has no idea where his narrative is going, a clear plot arc in his head, a season finale up his sleeve
✏️ Matthew d'Ancona
✏️ Matthew d'Ancona
Trump’s dark age of spectacle and power
A president without decency or any interest in policy runs America like a TV show: gripping its audience with shocks, suspense and relentless action
www.thenewworld.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Like many storytellers, Trump has no idea where his narrative is going, a clear plot arc in his head, a season finale up his sleeve
✏️ Matthew d'Ancona
✏️ Matthew d'Ancona
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
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Latest from me, on an eternally overlooked, sniffed-at issue that is politically huge www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK’s high streets have reached a tipping point – and Reform will reap the benefits | John Harris
When even Poundland and charity shops are closing, we’re near a point of no return. But there is hope, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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January 11, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Latest from me, on an eternally overlooked, sniffed-at issue that is politically huge www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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An antidote. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Xc...
Harris, Parton, Ronstadt on Late Show, March 24, 1999 (full, stereo)
YouTube video by Don Giller
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January 10, 2026 at 10:59 PM
An antidote. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Xc...
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“Trump has given an honest account of how he sees himself: not so much a national president as a global emperor. Now those who oppose him have to be just as honest.” Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
From Caracas to Minneapolis, the threat is the same – an American president ruling like a global emperor | Jonathan Freedland
Trump’s admission that he recognises no constraint outside his own morality was a horrifying moment of truth, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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January 9, 2026 at 6:06 PM
“Trump has given an honest account of how he sees himself: not so much a national president as a global emperor. Now those who oppose him have to be just as honest.” Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How do we make the aims of the Public Service Reform Strategy in relation to preventative budgeting a reality and what pitfalls need to be avoided? Some of our thoughts here:
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Preventative budgeting in Scotland | FAI
Public service reform strategy and preventative budgeting - what needs to happen?
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January 7, 2026 at 3:58 PM
How do we make the aims of the Public Service Reform Strategy in relation to preventative budgeting a reality and what pitfalls need to be avoided? Some of our thoughts here:
fraserofallander.org/scotlands-bu...
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6th Jan 1979 - Kevin Cummins took photos of Joy Division in a wintry Manchester.
I loved investigating the story davehaslam.substack.com/p/ian-curtis...
From a Wimpy Bar in Bradford, then to a wedding, a club called the ‘Glory Hole’, a sculpture called Alice, and an old mill near a river.
I loved investigating the story davehaslam.substack.com/p/ian-curtis...
From a Wimpy Bar in Bradford, then to a wedding, a club called the ‘Glory Hole’, a sculpture called Alice, and an old mill near a river.
Ian Curtis & David Hockney – the story of a connection
From a well-lit boutique to the River Aire
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January 6, 2026 at 8:40 AM
6th Jan 1979 - Kevin Cummins took photos of Joy Division in a wintry Manchester.
I loved investigating the story davehaslam.substack.com/p/ian-curtis...
From a Wimpy Bar in Bradford, then to a wedding, a club called the ‘Glory Hole’, a sculpture called Alice, and an old mill near a river.
I loved investigating the story davehaslam.substack.com/p/ian-curtis...
From a Wimpy Bar in Bradford, then to a wedding, a club called the ‘Glory Hole’, a sculpture called Alice, and an old mill near a river.
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My first piece of 2026 was intended as a general look-ahead. Then the future became the present. How Trump has opened the door to Putin and Xi. The power politics of the hemisphere has been enshrined in Venezuela.
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The Trump, Putin, Xi Show
After Venezuela, Ukraine and E.Europe are in the Kremlin's orbit. As for Taiwan...
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January 5, 2026 at 1:39 PM
My first piece of 2026 was intended as a general look-ahead. Then the future became the present. How Trump has opened the door to Putin and Xi. The power politics of the hemisphere has been enshrined in Venezuela.
johnkampfner.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
johnkampfner.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
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How to see clearly in 2026, from Gillian Tett @financialtimes.com
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Why we should know what we don’t know
Cognitive blind spots are undermining our ability to see the world as it is, rather than as we would like it to be
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January 2, 2026 at 8:56 AM
How to see clearly in 2026, from Gillian Tett @financialtimes.com
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This by the excellent @jburnmurdoch.ft.com confirms my view that political trends are being driven by the halting of the upward economic conveyor belt - striking charts: www.ft.com/content/30a4... Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics
Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics
A stalled economic conveyor belt is behind the rise of anti-system, anti-growth parties on both the right and left
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December 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
This by the excellent @jburnmurdoch.ft.com confirms my view that political trends are being driven by the halting of the upward economic conveyor belt - striking charts: www.ft.com/content/30a4... Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics
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Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center should serve as a warning to UK arts institutions | Charlotte Higgins
Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center should serve as a warning to UK arts institutions | Charlotte Higgins
Art is not immune from the advances of the hard right – but it isn’t too late for resistance, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins
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December 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center should serve as a warning to UK arts institutions | Charlotte Higgins