Early Life
He was born in Cowdenbeath.
He was educated at St. Bride's and St. Columba's Schools, Cowdenbeath, and at the University of Edinburgh. He worked as a schoolteacher from 1968 until 1974 and was Assistant Head of Holyrood High School, Edinburgh, at the time of his first election to Parliament.
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