Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Macleod akapedza makore ake okutanga muAchiltibuie neInverness. Akapinda Leachkin Primary School, Jedburgh Grammar School uye Loretto School, Musselburgh, asati adzidza mushonga paYunivhesiti yeEdinburgh. Somudzidzi wepamberi pechikoro akanga ari Mutungamiri weYunivhesiti yeEdinburgh Students 'Association. Pashure pokupedza kufunda, akabata nzvimbo dzinoverengeka dzokurapa dzechiduku muEdinburgh neForth Valley. Akanga ari Rector weYunivhesiti yeEdinburgh kubva muna 1994 kusvika muna 1997, Secretary weLabor Campaign yeParamende yeScotland, uye nhengo yeNational Executive yeScotland FORward mushandirapamwe, boka remapato ese rakarwira YES-YES vhoti muScotland.
Referendamu yokugoverwa masimba muna 1997.