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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Indy Myths
Scotland needs to generate well over 100% renewable power compared to current consumption
The first of my regular columns in The National in Scotland is out. In it I argue: Scotland needs to generate well over 100% renewable
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The heavy price of Johnson’s English nationalism
The world has, at last, noticed that not all is well in Northern Ireland. Loyalist rioting has gone on for six nights now. There is
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Indy myths
Writing for The National
My post analysing the FT’s arguments on the viability of Scottish independence has now been reposted by The National newspaper in Scotland. At the foot
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The FT’s analysis of the economics of an independent Scotland is a catalogue of errors and false assumptions
The FT has published the first part of what it says will be a series on the risk of the UK breaking up. The article
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