I just noticed this as a headline in an email from Financial Director magazine: I wonder if they realise that for many people that
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An independent Scotland will have to charge 5% VAT on food
A comment on this blog has made me look at a key issue for the people of Scotland post independence. This is the impact of
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Scotland, Currency and Finance
Might I give a plug here for a blog I have written for the New Left Project on the above, related themes? It’s available here. The
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Are ‘the buggers’ out to get the Scottish aristocracy?
According to the Tatler the Scottish aristocracy are none to keen on independence. One is reported as saying ‘The buggers are out to get us’.
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Tales of hope are the foundation of reinvention
I am heading to Scotland this morning. Not because of the referendum debate, because the debate I am taking part in is strictly neutral on
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There’s a revolution happening, whether we like it or not
Come what may, a revolution is happening in the UK. I don’t think history will call it Salmind’s Revolt. I think it may call it
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The Scots have rumbled capitalism and non-state welfare
Tim Montgomerie, former editor of Conservative Home and now comment editor of The Times tweeted this yesterday: He was right, in a sense, and so
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Are you really surprised the Scots want to quit?
The Scottish referendum is dominating debate right now, but it is wise to recall why that is the case. Take this from Frances O’Grady, TUC
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Making Scottish corporation tax work
Whatever happens on September 18 I am quite sure that Scotland is going to flex its tax muscles sometime in the near future. In our
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