My column in The National in Scotland published yesterday is one that could have been written just as easily for here. For copyright reasons you have
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Gunboats, Tories and Jersey
The news is making much of the government’s decision to send gunboats to Jersey today to protect the island, which is a British Crown Dependency,
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Murphy believes
Ruth Strachan, who strikes me as a pretty thorough journalist, has written a review of the economics of Scottish independence in the Investment Monitor, available
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How much debt would Scotland owe the rest of the UK if it were to be independent?
Summary This is a long post that was first published in July 2020 and which addresses one of the most sensitive issues in the Scottish
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The argument on GERS has been won: Scotland knows it is crap
I was amused to see an article in The Spectator by Kevin Hague, with whom I have crossed swords many a time on the subject
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When there is no meetings of minds
The part of the independence debate that the Tories (and some others in England) will never get is this: Their arrogance prevents them from doing
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It really is time that the SNP committed to a Scottish currency because without it independence will be meaningless, and pretty harsh
I was asked by The National newspaper in Scotland to bring forward my column this week. They wanted me to cover the row about Scottish
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Scotland will need a strong competition policy when it’s independent
In The National in Scotland, yesterday, my argument that Scotland will need a strong competition policy when it’s independent: 'Hidden within the furore on this issue
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