The National has a series of articles this week, welcoming inward migration to Scotland. I am one of the first to comment in the series,
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It’s GERS Day in Scotland
The National posted this video by me on their channel this afternoon: This is the transcript: It’s August, and so inevitably in Scotland we get
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Black and white thinking takes us closer to fascism
I discussed why fascist narratives can be both created and succeed in my National Column yesterday (yours, in full, for a £20 a year subscription,
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I’m proud to write for a paper that will publish this
This was yesterday’s National front page: And right now you can buy a year’s subscription to the paper for £20, and read my column every
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The one thing the BBC is now really good at is shooting itself in the foot
The National posted this article from Lesley Riddoch today. I am inclined to call Lesley a friend, although we have only met very occasionally over
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The BBC, biased? Oh yes…and most especially in Scotland
This story has been published by The National in the last couple of hours and refers to an interview I did with BBC Radio Scotland
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Benefits, the tax gap and a podcast
I did this podcast-style interview for The National in Scotland last Friday, talking about the economics of benefits and the tax gap, in particular: I
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Scotonomics, next Friday
Rod Stewart: extremely wealthy and deeply out of touch
Having already mentioned this morning that I have returned to Twitter, or X, I could not resist the odd little stir. I posted this yesterday:
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