Discussion of economic policy, taxation, business and the financial future of Scotland and the United Kingdom.
AS THE CONFERENCE recess has ended and MPs are meant to consider the real world rather than the one where
OVER MANY YEARS I’ve watched how the SNP handles its public finance responsibilities when in power in Scotland. It would
IT HAS BEEN an eventful party political conference season, to say the least. The Greens have revealed themselves as the
IN 1988, THE POLISH BAND KULT released the protest song “Arahja”, depicting a society divided by walls. Its refrain includes
AS WHAT APPEARS TO BE the chalice of political death passes to yet another leader, perhaps we need to examine
THE RECENT WESTMINSTER BY-ELECTIONS have not solved the problems that the UK faces. They have merely rearranged the deckchairs on
SHOULD WE BE GOGGLE-EYED in confusion and concern as we observe the implosion of Labour’s fortunes in Scotland, Wales and
LABOUR’S INNOCUOUS-SOUNDING PENSION SCHEMES BILL is very far from benign. It potentially heralds one of the greatest attacks on private
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