Nicola Sturgeon committed the SNP to a Green New Deal yesterday. I am, of course, pleased. But I also have a problem. At the same
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Dear Derek: a letter to Scotland’s finance minister
I share this blog post from Craig Dalzell, head of research at the Common Weal think tank in Scotland, addressed to Derek Mackay, the SNP’s
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Don’t put London bankers in charge of Scotland’s independence
I have an article with the above title on CommonSpace – the blog of the CommonWeal think tank in Scotland this morning. It’s not fair to
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If Scotland wants a Green New Deal and a sustainable future it has to reject the Growth Commission
As many will know I take an interest in issues relating to Scottish independence, and have written for Common Weal on the taxation and currency
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This disunited kingdom
I have already noted this morning that at sometime in the future there will be a new post-Brexit order, in which order will be restored.
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What Scotland needs: a Green New Deal with its own currency
The Guardian has reported that: Nicola Sturgeon’s government needs to show much greater urgency in tackling climate change, a cross-party committee of the Scottish parliament
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The SNP needs to embrace its own currency and the Green New Deal
As The National newspaper in Scotland has reported, the SNP leadership are presenting a 33 point resolution to their spring conference that, in effect, adopts
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Scotland has to have its own currency on day one of independence: nothing less would do
As The National newspaper has reported in Scotland: The National can reveal that an independent Scotland will establish its own currency, according to proposals to
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A People’s Vote is not the only referendum
If you live in England (and not all readers do, I know) then you would think that the only referendum under discussion in the UK right
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