If the Tories are worried about Scotland voting for independence, they shouldn’t be
All of the polls continue to show a large double-digit lead for the No side. There is no reason to…
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England dreaming, the break-up of Britain and what Orson Welles knew
As someone who was born in the 1960s, the son of wartime evacuees from London, I had a sense from…
ByA forgotten 300-year-old-solution to Alex Salmond’s money problems
Adam Smith or David Hume were no slouches when it came to economics but on the subject of monetary policy,…
ByWhy is the Scottish independence debate dominated by men?
Women make up 52 per cent of Scotland’s population, and are more likely to be undecided about independence than their…
ByThe divide between Scotland’s people and its political class has never been greater
While the SNP obsesses over independence, voters are more concerned with an unemployed population the size of Dundee.
ByWhy Scottish independence isn’t the progressive choice
There is little to be gained from defining problems on Clydeside as 'national' issues but problems on Merseyside as 'economic'…
ByThe Scottish independence White Paper passed the political test
The whole document was designed to highlight the governance-focused nature of modern Scottish nationalism - and largely succeeded in doing…
ByThe Scottish independence white paper is a piece of fantasy economics
Alex Salmond's promise of lower taxes and higher spending is based on little more than wishful thinking.
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