28/07/2022Whatever you think about Scottish independence, the chatter of a referendum has become a fact of life.Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) may…
13/07/2022The governments of most countries have budget deficits and increasing national debts. The taxes they currently collect are unable to…
20/06/2022The Scottish Government’s latest resource spending review Investing in Scotland’s Future is admirable in many ways. But it is also…- 07/06/2022In October 2021 I wrote a blog for Reform Scotland about the Scottish Government’s consultation on the Framework for Tax.…
29/04/2022The illegal and unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine has shattered the post-Cold War European order. As interstate conflict returns to…- 05/05/2021“Scotland votes on Thursday” say the news headlines. The reality is rather different. Postal votes could be sent in any…
- 23/03/2021If a second referendum is to be held on whether Scotland should leave the UK, what should the question be,…
03/03/2021Scottish Politics at the best time of times can be tribalistic. The recent appearance of Alex Salmond at the Holyrood…- 15/02/2021Reading events since the 2014 referendum is like a Rorschach test: there’s an element of people seeing what they want…
- 16/12/2020As support for Scottish independence is on the rise, questions are beginning to be asked about how Scotland would deal…
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