From this morning’s National newspaper as Scotland awaits the latest annual publication of Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland, the statement that has always been designed
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I worry about politics. In the US yesterday, a pro-Trump candidate defeated the pretty far-right US Senator Liz Cheney in the Republican primary for Wyoming,
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I seem to be a popular podcast guest at the moment. This is the latest, from CommonWeal in Scotland: New Policy Podcast! This week, Craig
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For those with an interest in Scotland and its economy, I think what I had to say in The National yesterday was quite significant: There
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Will Scotland hold the consultative referendum on its future that Nicola Sturgeon promised yesterday? Combined legal weight of opinion suggests that this is unlikely as
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I share this. The links in the Tweet are live, and with a referendum back in focus what we’ll be discussing has growing relevance: We
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I am not sure that the No.10 ethics adviser, Lord Geidt, intended to yesterday set himself up as the person to bring Johnson down, but
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My article in The National yesterday was tweeted by them using this, slightly worrying, image: As I concluded: Once fraud is accepted as normal in
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I was pleased to note these headlines in an email from The National in Scotland over the weekend: The David Simpson referred to in the
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