I began making videos with Mark Cooney of Spotted in Ely about three months ago, and this list of those we’ve made has grown pretty
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The UK Internal Markets Bill effectively ends many devolved powers within the UK. This Bill is an international affront externally and within the UK
There has been much, appropriate, furore over the consequences of the UK Internal Markets Bill for Northern Ireland. There should be at least as much
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The UK’s slump will ultimately lead to the break up of the union
This is from The Express this morning: The UK has entered recession after a 20.4 percent contraction between April and June. The UK’s slump is
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Does Scotland need its own currency?
It’s not credible for the SNP to demand independence without a sovereign currency
I know I’ve said, many times, that it’s not credible for the SNP to demand independence without a sovereign currency, because the result would not even
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Scotland should not expect a UK government to play fair if it votes for independence
George Peretz QC and I do not always agree with each other, most especially on Scottish issues, but as a confirmed Unionist he accurately summarises
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Scotland has to choose modern monetary theory
As is, I think, known by most readers if this blog, Larry Elliott, who has been the economics editor of The Guardian for decades, has
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Labour isn’t just failing Scotland with its denial on the likelihood of Scottish independence: it’s failing the rest of the UK as well
I am an instinctive nationalist. I strongly suspect that my Irish roots have much to do with this. I have known where my instincts on
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Who subsidises who? Is London really the one doing the subsidising, or the one being subsidised by the rest of the UK?
Further to my blog yesterday on whether London subsidises Scotland or, as I think likely, the flow is actually in the other direction, my University
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