Is the SNP’s central bank proposal credible?

Today the SNP leadership has been briefing the media that it is to present a new paper to the SNP conference addressing the issues with its proposal to keep Scotland Sterlingised for an extended period of time if it became independent. Is what they are trailing a...

What is a plebiscite election?

What is a plebiscite election and in what way is it different from a normal General Election? How would a citizen be able to tell the difference from the outside and what would the possible outcomes mean in practice? The function of General Elections are well...

Who signed up to the squeeze?

In writing a fast budget analysis from my sickbed last week I omitted to include something which was important. It is important to explain what is the mechanism which is squeezing funding in Scotland and to ask who signed it off and why. To understand the problem it...

Electricity – what will Scotland do with it all?

Last week we covered probably the most difficult single task in delivering a proper Green New Deal for Scotland when we looked at decarbonising heating. This week is probably the easiest single thing to do – getting Scotland to zero-carbon electricity. Scotland really...

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