I am an instinctive nationalist. I strongly suspect that my Irish roots have much to do with this. I have known where my instincts on
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Steve Keen’s lightbulb moment on modern monetary theory
I cannot recommend this podcast episode enough: Debunking Economics was, and is still, the classic book by Steve Keen, which I consider essential reading for
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Who subsidises who? Is London really the one doing the subsidising, or the one being subsidised by the rest of the UK?
Further to my blog yesterday on whether London subsidises Scotland or, as I think likely, the flow is actually in the other direction, my University
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Why is GERS CRAp?
I was recording a pile of videos yesterday and it just seemed the right time to record a Saturday special on my theme of the
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Wee Ginger Dug, and me
I spent last evening talking to Wee Ginger Dug – or, rather, Paul Kavanagh who blogs, writes and podcasts under that name. We did, perhaps
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Tax After Coronavirus: submission to the Treasury Committee of the House of Commons
The Treasury Committee of the House of Commons issued a call for evidence on Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) shortly before the summer recess, with submission requested
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Scotland’s problem is not that its taxes are too low, but that its spending is just not big enough
George Kerevan has an article on Bella Caledonia in which he claims: His argument is: Is there anything new to say about the latest GERS
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The Scottish subsidy to London should stop now
I wrote this tweet yesterday: The 2009 financial crisis was made in London. #GERS makes clear that it’s Scotland that’s been subsidising the cost of
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We need activist lawyers. They are our protection from a government that is on the path to fascism
The Law Society tweeted this yesterday: We condemn a Home Office video referring to immigration lawyers who provide legal advice to migrants as ‘activist lawyers’.Solicitors
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