Why there’s no Plan B in the White Paper
One of the recurrent criticisms of the Scottish Government’s White Paper that was released yesterday is that it doesn’t specify
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Author: thomas
The UK as a cartogram
When you look at a standard map of the UK, Scotland takes up a lot of space. The BBC’s weather
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The IFS report and population growth
Yesterday’s IFS report is quite interesting. It’s basically confirming that an independent Scotland will do well at first, but they
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Scottish foreign aid and East Kilbride
One of the most recent scaremongering stories to come out of Westminster is Justine Greening’s threat to make the DFID’s
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The Economist’s “domestic problem”
The Economist’s special report this week is about “the big decisions ahead for Britain”, which is trying to conflate the
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TV channels after independence
In Denmark, people in southern Jutland and Funen have been able to tune in to the standard German TV channels
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Regional GDP and HS2
As far as I know, the calculations showing that London will benefit from HS2 and Scotland will lose out are
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