Dividing up the Bank of England like a CD collection
During his brief visit to Edinburgh, George Osborne said that the pound is not a CD collection that can be
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Author: thomas
Barroso does an Osborne
In my recent post about Osborne’s bullying session in Edinburgh, I wrote: By ignoring [the alternatives to a currency union]
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What George Osborne didn’t talk about
I had expected George Osborne’s speech today to rule out a currency union and then discuss why a free-floating Scottish
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To share or not to share a currency
Everybody is expecting the Unionist parties to state tomorrow that they will never accept a currency union with an independent
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Scandinavia isn’t perfect
In the past couple of days, Denmark seems to have got (in-)famous for slaughtering a giraffe in public and feeding
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Tactics vs strategy
Most modern politicians are great tacticians but lousy strategists. They spend huge efforts on planning the run-up to the next
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Or to victory!
I haven’t discussed the independence referendum opinion polls for a long time, mainly because they haven’t shown a clear picture.
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