As I noted yesterday, I was on Debate Night in Scotland last night. You can watch here, assuming you have a TV licence. How did
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Edinburgh, tonight
I am travelling to Edinburgh this morning. I am scheduled to be on Debate Night, BBC Scotland’s equivalent of Question Time, this evening. That does
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Our opinions depend upon which stories we believe
It’s time for the SNP to smell the coffee
A Guardian email this morning has the headline: The associated article notes: Scottish Labour’s Michael Shanks has won the Rutherglen and Hamilton West byelection in
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Wealth taxes: the pros and cons
I was interviewed by Xander Elliards for The National about wealth tax last week. I just found the video on YouTube. This is all pretty
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GERS day
For those in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the acronym GERS is probably pretty meaningless. In Scotland, it is big enough that that annual publication
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Has Keir Starmer read the Good Friday Agreement or do his imperialist tendencies matter more to him?
I appreciated this tweet: Keir Starmer’s aggressive British nationalism means he’s pledged to breach the Good Friday Agreement. British people may not have noticed. But
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The economics of walking about in Scotland
This is the conclusion to my article in The National yesterday: There are few countries in the world with better natural resources capable of delivering
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Labour ignores the independent nature of Scotland and Wales at its peril
I am aware that I am an atypical East Anglian without Scottish origin who nonetheless takes a serious interest in Scottish politics. Might I suggest
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