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Sturgeon would be hopelessly out of her depth. But can you imagine McAllan, Flynn, or Gilruth trying to grapple with these issues? It doesn’t bear thinking about. But voters would think about it. Which is why independence is not inevitable, and certainly not imminent.
Hopefully Sky will produce a follow up, in which Nicola Sturgeon plays the First Minister of an independent Scotland who discovers what the bond market thinks of trying to borrow more than 10% of GDP annually, whilst also grappling with a run on a newly issued currency.
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Hopefully Sky will produce a follow up, in which Nicola Sturgeon plays the First Minister of an independent Scotland who discovers what the bond market thinks of trying to borrow more than 10% of GDP annually, whilst also grappling with a run on a newly issued currency.
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Ironically, moments before Kate Campbell witlessly parroted SNP misinformation on the PISA results, she was stressing the importance of “critical thinking” to avoid online misinformation and disinformation.
Kate Campbell thinks she knows better than the experts when it comes to explaining Scotland’s “success” in closing the PISA score attainment gap. She is, of course, very wrong. The gap has closed largely because pupils from wealthier families now do far worse than they used to.
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Kate Campbell thinks she knows better than the experts when it comes to explaining Scotland’s “success” in closing the PISA score attainment gap. She is, of course, very wrong. The gap has closed largely because pupils from wealthier families now do far worse than they used to.
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Speaking in August 2014, John Swinney explains that GERS is crucial to understanding why an independent Scotland would be able to spend more on public services. Curiously, he talks very little about what GERS tells us today…
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John Swinney was adamant in 2014 that there wasn’t going to be another referendum if Scotland voted no.
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Everything you need to know about today’s GERS figures, plus the context and history for all the moving parts. @kevverage introduces the GERS Explorer. these-islands.co.uk/publicat…
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The SNP is making an eye-catching claim at this election: “Independence would cut energy bills in Scotland by more than a third.”
These Islands has published a short, step-by-step guide, demonstrating how this claim simply cannot be true. these-islands.co.uk/publicat…
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Has there ever been a more dishonest Holyrood election campaign than the one John Swinney is currently running? @JohnFerry18 does not believe there has been. these-islands.co.uk/publicat…
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The plan to issue Scottish Government bonds has always been about nationalist posturing. @staylorish on the millions of pounds of public money being wasted on fees for bankers, lawyers, and credit rating agencies. these-islands.co.uk/publicat…
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Last week, the Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute made a significant intervention on a notorious claim about income tax in Scotland. Has the SNP’s statistical chicanery finally run out of road? these-islands.co.uk/publicat…
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Scotland’s net zero opportunities depend entirely on mechanisms which defray costs across a population of 70 million. The idea that Scotland could achieve an advantage by standing alone, with a population of only 5 million, is unserious and dishonest. these-islands.co.uk/publicat…
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The most serious failure of the SNP’s latest independence paper is that it completely ducks the question of how an independent Scotland would get its public finances onto a sustainable footing.
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Using the latest GERS figures, @kevverage compares Scotland’s fiscal position with independent EU countries and argues that a fiscally autonomous Scotland would need to dramatically reduce investment in public services. these-islands.co.uk/publicat…
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Defence spending in GERS. @kevverage explains how the Scottish Government is pushing a dishonest narrative. these-islands.co.uk/publicat…
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Odd that Pete Wishart would highlight These Islands work on energy bills, which was fully vindicated by an IPSO victory over the Herald On Sunday…
A unionist 'think tank' famous for concocted and confected nonsense in its meagre case for the union is working with the Scotland Office to supply us with 'quality information' on energy bills. What could possibly go wrong...? thenational.scot/news/253771…
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Three years of intense lobbying from supporters and opponents of zonal pricing is over. Which camp did the SNP belong to? And why? Did some of the lobbying exaggerate the truth? And does the SNP have a coherent vision for electricity market reform? these-islands.co.uk/publicat…
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And Full Fiscal Arithmetic is here: these-islands.co.uk/publicat…
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