Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Macleod biri ndụ ya na Achiltibuie na Inverness. Ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ praịmarị Leachkin, Jedburgh Grammar School na Loretto School, Musselburgh, tupu ọ mụọ ọgwụ na Mahadum Edinburgh. Dịka onye gụsịrị akwụkwọ na mahadum, ọ bụ onye isi oche nke Edinburgh University Students 'Association. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, o nwere ọtụtụ ọrụ ndị dọkịta na-eto eto na Edinburgh na Forth Valley. Ọ bụ Rector nke Mahadum Edinburgh site na 1994 ruo 1997, Secretary nke Labour Campaign maka nzuko omeiwu nke Scottish, na onye otu National Executive nke mkpọsa Scotland FORward, otu ndị otu na-eme mkpọsa maka votu YES-YES na ntuli aka ntuli aka nke 1997.
Ọ dị mma.