Common Weal is a Scottish think tank that promotes independence on a cross-party basis. It director, Robin McAlpine, noted (with more than a hint of
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Is Westminster trying to undermine Holyrood?
Ken Mathiason is a fairly regular commentator on this blog. He is Scottish and we share an interest in all things to do with accountancy,
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Glasgow: 29 August
CommonSpace has announced this today: Climate Emergency demands a rapid transformation in every aspect of our economy, from how we travel to how we heat
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Scotland is being shafted by dodgy data from Westminster
The Scottish government is just about to enter into a black hole of Westminster’s making. That this is the case is hardly surprising. It has
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HMRC’s errors on Scottish tax revenues suit Westminster: don’t expect any corrections any time soon
As The Times reports this morning: Taxpayers in Wales face having extra money taken out of their wages after being incorrectly labelled as Scottish. And
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Tim Rideout in action on ending the six tests
This is the video of Dr Tim Rideout’s talk on why the six tests for a Scottish currency proposed by the Growth Commission have to
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Why the Scottish Growth Commissions six currency tests should be replaced by seven new tests
Dr Tim Rideout, the author of the resolution that overturned SNP currency plans for independence, gave a talk last night on the need to replace
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Tim Rideout rubbishes the six tests for establishing a Scottish currency
Dr Tim Rideout made this speech at the SNP conference on Saturday, and won the support of its membership as a result: It’s worth adding
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Scotland might need to take note of Extinction Rebellion: peaceful direct action works
Philip Stephens is an FT columnist for whom I have about as much enthusiasm as I do for Simon Jenkins in the Guardian. But even
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