Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I noho a Macleod i ona tau o mua ki Achiltibuie me Inverness. I haere ia ki te Kura Tuatahi o Leachkin, Jedburgh Grammar School me te Kura Loretto, Musselburgh, i mua i tana ako rongoa i te Whare Wananga o Edinburgh. I a ia e ako ana i te paetahi, ko ia te Perehitini o te Edinburgh University Students 'Association. Whai muri i tana tohu, he maha nga pou hauora rangatahi i Edinburgh me Forth Valley. Ko ia te Tumuaki o te Whare Wananga o Edinburgh mai i te 1994 ki te 1997, he Hekeretari mo te Whakatairanga Mahi mo te Paremata o Scotland, me te mema o te National Executive o te Scotland FORward campaign, te roopu whakawhiti-a-rōpū i whakatairanga mo te pooti YES-YES i te Paremata o Scotland.
Te pōtitanga o te tau 1997 mō te whakakorenga.