Parliament is in recess. Schools have broken up. Summer is officially here. And Scotland is to get a rare visit from a tourist who is
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Will water become an issue in independence politics in the UK?
I note a fascinating article in the Guardian that suggested that parts of England might run out if water within twenty years. This is, apparently, the view
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Home energy efficiency: the way to create thousands of jobs
This post is by Colin Hines, convenor of the Green New Deal group and was originally on the Green Alliance blog. It is reproduced with
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The Scottish Currency Group
Tim Rideout is running Facebook group for his Scottish Reserve Bank: I became to 400th member yesterday. I am aware that a number of Scottsh
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Covid 19 would not have sunk an independent Scotland
The following is a guest post from Dr Tim Rideout, who many will know for his work on Scottish currency issues: There is a Fact
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Scotland is not amused
I can’t help but share this from The National in Scotland today, for whom I wrote on occassion: THE SNP will win an overall majority and have
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The need for a resilient economy
The Common Weal think tank in Scotland is, in my opinion, the most progressive organisation working on economy ic transformation in the UK right now.
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The SNP voted with Scottish Tories against country-by-country reporting yesterday: it was not their finest hour
The Scottish Parliament debated its second Coronavirus Bill yesterday. It was a heated debate, but I am only concerned with two amendments, which were numbers
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Is there just a chink of light in the SNP opposition to fiscal independence for the country?
There is interesting commentary on BBC Scotland this morning for those who follow Scittosh monetary affairs. They note: Andrew Wilson, an economist and former SNP
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