My evidence to the Scottish Parliament on GERS

Posted on August 24 2017

This is my evidence in the quality of GERS - Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland - presented to the Finance Committee of the Scottish Parliament earlier this year. The GERS for 2016/17 was published yesterday.

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4 Responses

  1. Nck James says:
    August 24 2017 at 10:30 am

    I’ve been somewhat overwhelmed recently by my attempts to reduce my workload as I approach semi-retirement from active service so haven’t had much time to say very much on here. But your final comment on this video really made me laugh and applaud. Keep on telling it as it is. Wonderful.

  2. Phil says:
    August 24 2017 at 4:08 pm

    And so, why? Why does Radio Scotland broadcast to us ‘information’ about GERS daily, hourly, that the financial position of Scotland is ‘…’ What GERS says it is. Clearly BBC Scotland staff have not been Richard Murphy students. Validated data is not important.

  3. Sandra says:
    August 25 2017 at 3:08 pm

    Thanks Richard we could do with you up here on a permanent bases organising our pound and business. We have to get organised and demand our rights. There is so much flannel going on to keep us suppressed.