Discussion of economic policy, taxation, business and the financial future of Scotland and the United Kingdom.
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
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