This is the front page of The Sunday Times this morning: And yet the Unionists want to deny all this, and the free choice that
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George Osborne’s attitude towards Scotland is not just colonial, it is that of a slaver
I have an opinion column in The National newspaper in Scotland this morning. My subject is George Osborne’s recent column in The Evening Standard, on
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Scotland is going to get its own version of Sleazeports
I have long been an opponent of so-called freeports, which are the onshore version of tax havens that the Westminster government wants to introduce into
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Don’t always believe what is said the newspapers
This morning brings a salutary reminder to not believe everything that the papers say. I note The National newspaper in Scotland reporting that: POLITICAL
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The so-called Unionists are killing the very thing they supposedly cherish
George Osborne dropped an absolute clanger in The Evening Standard yesterday, when he wrote on Scottish independence. Having lamented that Northern Ireland’s departure from the
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For those who thought Scotland has the kind of leadership we should aspire to it may be time to think again
For readers in England it would be easy to be wholly unaware that Scotland is facing a massive political crisis. No, I am not talking
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The head of state is leading a coup in the USA, but don’t rule out that it could happen here
I am sitting watching the BBC News Channel at 8.25 on Wednesday evening. And what is happening as I watch is an attempted coup in
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2020: what a year
I have already reviewed 2020 from the perspective of Tax Research UK, but the wider perspective is worthy of comment, if only as the groundwork
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Scottish currency
There are two straightforward reasons for sharing this tweet here. The first is to promote the Scottish Currency Group, to which I am an adviser.
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