Discussion of economic policy, taxation, business and the financial future of Scotland and the United Kingdom.
ONE OF THE REASONS I was attracted to Malcolm Offord becoming leader of Reform UK Scotland, was that he not
SINCE DEVOLUTION in 1999, Scotland has been governed by left-leaning political parties (Labour & SNP). The result is that the
IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS I’ve written articles about how the powers devolved to the Scottish Parliament could be used
GERS FIGURES CONFIRM a stark reality. Scotland raises £87.3bn in tax, yet spends £117.5bn. That leaves a £30bn deficit –
FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS Scotland has endured high spending and declining outcomes under successive governments in Holyrood. Despite record government expenditure,
MARCH 9th marked the 250th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations. To commemorate it, the
IT IS EASY to talk about the economy as though it were academic – a spreadsheet of statistics, charts and
FREEDOM means many different things to different people. To some, freedom is a sort of Mel Gibson-style Braveheart freedom: putting
IT IS SOMETIMES SAID that the Scottish Parliament lacks powers to boost economic growth. That’s nonsense. This series of six
LAST OCTOBER the SNP conference raised the idea of a wealth tax. We now believe the Scottish Government has appointed