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Martin ford on the rise of the robots
Martin A. Ford is a Scottish politician, who is the Scottish Green Party councillor for the (East Garioch ward) of Aberdeenshire Council. He had a prominent role in the consideration of a planning application for a golf course at Balmedie.
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- Martin ford on the rise of the robots
- Martin ford explains the need for basic income on msnbc s the cycle
- Education and early life
- Political career
- References
Martin ford explains the need for basic income on msnbc s the cycle
Education and early life
Ford trained as a botanist. completing a doctorate University of Wales (at University College Swansea) in 1986; 'Pollinator-mediated interactions between out-breeding annual weeds'. In 1988 he moved to Aberdeenshire to work at the North of Scotland College of Agriculture.
Political career
He stood as a candidate in the United Kingdom general election, 1992 for the Aberdeen North to raise environmental issues.
In 1999, he was first elected to Aberdeenshire Council as a Lib Dem councillor. He was elected again in 2003 and 2007.
In 2006, Donald Trump bought the Menie estate in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and Ford found himself chair of the committee that would determine the planning application to create a highly contentious golf resort against the wishes of local residents on an area designated as a site of special scientific interest. In November 2006, Ford had the casting vote, which led to the committee rejecting plans for the Menie resort, however, the Scottish Government stepped in and the development proceeded. Ford spoke to BBC’s Panorama television programme about the development, following this he received several letters from the council's chief executive.
In December 2007, he was unseated from the position of committee chair of Aberdeenshire Council's infrastructure services.
Dr Ford's account of the Trump affair Deciding the Fate of a Magical Wild Place was published in the Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies
He had been a member of the Lib-dems for 20 years, but resigned from the party in January 2009. Six months later he joined the Greens, who two years previously had made a public invitation for him to join them.
In May 2015, it was announced that Ford, as part of the Democratic Independent and Green Group (DIGG), had agreed to lend support the Scottish National Party (SNP) council group on a confidence and supply basis.