Higher taxes, but more money in your pocket, too
When people discuss proposals such as the Common Weal, you often hear complaints that taxes would have to be sky-high
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Author: thomas
The remoteness of Faslane and Coulport
It appears that some unionist politicians have got the impression that Faslane (the nuclear submarine base) and Coulport (the storage
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Celebrating a Scottish victory
I wasn’t going to write anything about Salmond waving the Saltire after Andy Murray’s victory, but the reactions — especially
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The powers we need
The unionists sometimes talk about the extra powers Scotland will get if we vote No. Apart from the fact that
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Sweden in the north, Freeport Ho! in the south
In their book Going South: Why Britain will have a Third World Economy by 2014, Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson
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Tories for Independence?
In general, winning the independence referendum is about convincing the people who don’t support the SNP or the Green Party.
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Nobility in an independent Scotland
The SNP and Yes Scotland don’t intend to abolish the monarchy immediately after independence. Hopefully a referendum on creating a
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