As some readers of this column will know, I write a weekly column for The National newspaper in Scotland. In yesterday’s column, I tackled the
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There is one issue to be resolved before Scotland can ever consider independence – and that is what currency it will use, to which there is only one answer
A week ago I posted here on the Scottish currency issue, in the context of a stooshie (English: kerfuffle) I had created when commenting on
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There is no point in the SNP saying there will be another referendum with the currency issue still in the air
When I wrote a quick tweet referring to the SNP on Saturday I did not expect the reaction that followed. Now my follow up post
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Why the SNP leadership needs to work for an independence for the benefit of the people of Scotland and not for the benefit of financial markets
It seemed that I caused a bit of a stooshie in Scotland yesterday by suggesting that the SNP leadership were Tories who did not like
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Martin Sandbu says that Scotland should end up in the euro but his argument is wrong on almost every conceivable basis
Martin Sandbu notes in the FT this morning that [I]t seems to me that a choice for independence would be motivated in part by a
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Scotonomics and the Green New Deal
I did a Youtube meeting with the Scotonomics team of Kairin van Sweeden and William Thomson last night, roaming over a whole range of green
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The Budget and COP 26 – a double bill on the Common Weal podcast this evening
I recorded the Common Weal podcast with Craig Dalzell this evening. You can find it here if you want 45 minutes of lively discussion on
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The ability of neoliberal economics to crush the lifeblood out of an economy and the people of a country has not ended as yet
My column in The National this week came out last night instead of being in its usual Friday slot: My argument is: One big issue
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Can Scotland afford to be independent? The answer, of course, is yes
The London based Institute for Government has opined on Scotland’s currency options in the event of independence. The result is, unfortunately, very London-centric. To give
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