I have had the GERS data for fifteen minutes when starting to write this. Don’t expect miracles as yet. But Table 1 told me most
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Whatever GERS reports today it’s important to remember it’s still CRAp – or a Completely Rubbish Approximation to the truth
Today is what is known as GERS day in Scotland. This means it is the day when the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland statement is published.
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Glasgow: 29 August. A Green New Deal for Scotland
COMMONSPACE FORUM: A Green New Deal for Scotland, with Richard Murphy Thursday 29 August, 7.30pm, Glasgow, Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall Street, G41 1BA FULL
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Rewriting Johnson’s letter with regard to Scotland will make uncomfortable reading for him
This comment was in the letter from Boris Johnson to Donald Tusk relating to the Northern Ireland backstop, to which I have already referred: The
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Reversion to the mean: what chance after Brexit?
I am not going to say that it’s a fact of life that everything reverts to the mean. Partly that’s because that’s not true of
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Scotland can have a job guarantee or the Fiscal Commission plan, but not both
Common space, the news website linked to the Common Weal think tank in Scotland, reported last Thursday that: FIRST MINISTER Nicola Sturgeon has tentatively revealed
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John McDonnell gets Scotland right
John McDonnell appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe yesterday, and somewhat upset his party in Scotland. According to The National (Scotland’s only pro-independence paper): McDonnell told
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A majority in Scotland want independence – and all that surprises me is how small the majority is
According to Politics Home: A majority of Scots are now in favour of independence and want a second referendum by 2021, according to a new
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