Who Has The Power? Westminster is a currency-issuing monetary sovereign. Westminster deliberately constrains Holyrood’s budget and has reserved powers that constrain its policy choices. Currency Issuer v Currency User A currency-issuing monetary sovereign as the UK and USA and many
Scotland cannot transform its economy using the policy playbook from the 1990s. Whoever becomes Scotland’s new first minister will face no shortage of challenges. Lurking behind many of them lies a common cause: an economy that is not working. Data
This is a guest post from John Brown. He asked that in the introduction this was included. “If you introduce me as a member of the Liberation / SNC steering group you might also want to point out I support
It’s always been about the ‘economy stupid’ and always will be! Convincing the unconvinced is all about explaining and showing them how the existing arrangements hold us back and under Independence how that would be different. As George Kerevan rightly
Scottish independence: how Nicola Sturgeon’s pledge to rejoin the EU could impact a referendum vote John Curtice, University of Strathclyde In its new white paper on the economics of independence, the Scottish government made it clear that rejoining the EU was
The death of Sheku Bayoh following his arrest in Fife three years ago remains one of the most controversial moments in Police Scotland’s short history. Update! How Long Does it Need to take? It’s been 4+ years since the death
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