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Line 45: His political interests are wide-ranging. MacDonald's published journalism (''[[The Independent]]'', ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', the ''[[Glasgow Herald]]'' and the ''[[New Statesman]]'') include articles on: [[Northern Ireland]]; the [[Balkans]]; [[Russia]]; links between Labour and the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)\|Liberal Democrats]]; Voting Reform; the Debate on Clause IV, etc. He was an early advocate of European defence co-operation, in "A New Model Army" ([[Fabian Society\|Fabian]] Discussion Paper, 1991) and "European Security at the Crossroads" (in B Crawford and P Schulze, Ed, European Dilemmas after [[Maastricht Treaty\|Maastricht]], Centre for German and European Studies UC Berkeley, 1993). In 1990, he co-founded the Future of Europe Trust, which acted as a forum for young politicians across Eastern and Western Europe to progress their views on Europe. Between 1988- and 1992 he served on the Commons Select Committee on Agriculture. In 1991, he piloted his own Private Members Bill through the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom\|House of Commons]], the Crofter Forestry Act, which has since led to the planting of mixed woodland by crofter communities in the Highlands and Islands. Between ~~1991–95~~1991 and 1995, he was a leading campaigner for Western military intervention in the former [[Yugoslavia]] and a persistent critic of the-then Government's policy. Between ~~1992–97~~1992 and 1997,{{Citation needed\|date=May 2019}} he was Chair of Labour Initiative on Co-operation (LINC), a Labour Party pressure group promoting co-operation with the Liberal Democrats.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/better-a-dalliance-than-an-all-out-alliance-1618780.html\|title=Better a dalliance than an all-out alliance\|last=Marr\|first=Andrew\|date=9 May 1995\|accessdate=27 May 2019\|newspaper=The Independent}}</ref> ==Parliamentary career==

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