I did this podcast with Xander Elliards of The National on Monday (and I wish they’d told me my lens was dirty: I had no
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Nationalism can be a politics of care — about belonging, culture, and democracy — or a politics of control, built on fear and exclusion. In
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I was asked on this blog yesterday whether Scotland could afford to have its own currency, and whether the process of introducing one would be
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I was intrigued by the answers to the polls posted with yesterday’s video on whether the UK can survive. As is our usual practice, we
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Is the breakup of Britain inevitable? Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are turning away from Westminster while England clings to a failing system of centralised
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On Saturday, I spoke at the Scottish Currency Group conference in Dunfermline via weblink. I was asked to talk about money, but slightly to my
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A new poll reported in The National (for whom I am a columnist) last night showed that support for Scottish independence appears to be growing
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Democracy really is under threat in the USA. Almost unmentioned by the media in the UK, it is grinding to a halt. This comes from
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I’ll be speaking (remotely) at the Scottish Currency Group conference this weekend: You can also attend remotely. Tickets are available here.  And this should be
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