There has been much, appropriate, criticism of the commentary in the media on yesterday’s GERS figures. The BBC represented them as if a fact i.e.
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It was largely by accident that I became a commentator on the Scottish government’s Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) statement about 18 months ago.
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For those not familiar with it, there is what is known as the UK tax Twitterati, of which I think it fair to say I
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I gather my friends at Common Weal are launching their campaign for an independent Scotland to have its own currency today. This was a contribution
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It’s not bad luck that results in two senior US presidential advisers being either found, or pleading, guilty to corruption charges in a single day.
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Some of the Guardian’s economics team really do need to learn some basic facts. This was published  this morning as part of an explanation for
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The challenges within our economy and society can only grow as far as I can see. At the most basic level at some time soon
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The Bailiwick Express, which publishes Channel Island news, has reported: A US sanctions-hit aluminium company linked to a controversial billionaire Russian oligarch accused of extortion and
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By chance I pick this headline from the Aberdeen Evening Express: it is typical of many  published on the last day or so: Just over one
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