I was recording a pile of videos yesterday and it just seemed the right time to record a Saturday special on my theme of the
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Wee Ginger Dug, and me
I spent last evening talking to Wee Ginger Dug – or, rather, Paul Kavanagh who blogs, writes and podcasts under that name. We did, perhaps
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Scotland’s problem is not that its taxes are too low, but that its spending is just not big enough
George Kerevan has an article on Bella Caledonia in which he claims: His argument is: Is there anything new to say about the latest GERS
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The Scottish subsidy to London should stop now
I wrote this tweet yesterday: The 2009 financial crisis was made in London. #GERS makes clear that it’s Scotland that’s been subsidising the cost of
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It’s simply not credible that Scotland has a deficit bigger than anywhere else in Europe, by a long way
I am grateful to Martin MacDonald who posted this tweet: To which he appended this chart: Does anyone smell a rat? Could that rat just
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Today is GERSday – the day when the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland statement is published
For the last few years I have been involved in debate on the quality of the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland statement. It is how
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Richard Leonard’s call for a Scottish Green New Deal is meaningless without a simultaneous call for independence to let it be delivered
I was interested to read an article by Richard Leonard, leader of the Labour group in the Scottish parliament, in the Scotsman today, calling for
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Would Scotland have a debt to the rest of the UK if it becomes independent, and crucially, what would be payable?
I had an exchange with the eminent UK constitutional lawyer George Peretz QC last night as a result of my claim in my response to
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New currencies in new countries are normal. What is all the fuss about?
I posted my tweets in response to Andrew Neil’s comments on Scottish currency here, yesterday. Last night one of the many responses was this one:
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