Today is GERSday - the day when the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland statement is published
Wednesday, August 26th, 2020For the last few years I have been involved in debate on the quality of the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland statement. It is how
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Scotland won’t need to repay the UK’s national debt if it’s independent unless the UK does as well - and there’s almost no chance of that
Tuesday, July 28th, 2020Summary This is a long post that addresses one of the most sensitive issues in the Scottish independence debate, which is how much Scotland might
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Understanding the myths that need to be tackled
Thursday, May 28th, 2020I have now done some analysis on all the answers to the question I raised last weekend on the economic, and other, myths that need
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On blogging, funding, effectiveness and more
Friday, January 3rd, 2020Several comments have come in of late suggesting I need to spend more time checking my typos and grammar in blogs because sometimes both can
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It’s time for GERS to go
Monday, December 30th, 2019If I presume my Twitter timeline to be a reflection of what is happening in some areas of debate, then dispute on the usefulness of
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The failing English elite can't get its head around Scottish independence, let alone the economics that supports it
Monday, December 23rd, 2019The FT says in an editorial today that: The die is cast. Parliament has backed Boris Johnson’s withdrawal agreement, putting Britain on course to leave the EU
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The Fraser of Allander is failing Scotland very badly when it comes to GERS
Saturday, August 24th, 2019There are a number of annoying issues one has to live with if engaging in discussion on Scottish economic policy. One of the biggest is
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The SNP has to wake up to economic reality and plan a future for the people of Scotland and not bankers
Friday, August 23rd, 2019I am struggling with an article by Keith Brown MSP in The National this morning. In it he argues: This week’s GERS figures show that
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19,936 says Scotland cares
Thursday, August 22nd, 2019There were 19,936 reads of this blog yesterday, the tenth highest ever. If you want to know what that means it says that people in
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