Everyone should have a decent pension.
That’s what the strikers’ placards said, and they are right. Everyone should have a decent pension. The trouble is that the vast majority of workers in Britain don’t have one, and don’t have the...
View ArticleBlack November: it’s enough to drive you to drink.
November was when the banking crisis of 2008 finally hit home. The governments of Europe have bankrupted themselves by taking on the debts of the banks. The latest move by Angela Merkel and...
View Article£500 for independence?
From the Herald. It sounds cheap at the price. 65% of Scots would opt for independence if they were £500 better off as a result, according to the latest poll from the Social Attitudes Survey. With...
View ArticleWho are the separatists now? Take Britain out of Europe and you can take...
David Cameron’s decision to take the UK out of Europe will take Scotland out of the UK. The Prime Minister’s use of the veto against the EU treaty on budgetary reform looks like the game-changer that...
View ArticleSalmond’s first own goal. Sectarianism
From The Herald. Like most people concerned about freedom of speech, I’ve been watching the progress of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Bill, with mounting...
View ArticleDouglas Alexander, Scottish nationalist?
It’s extremely uncomfortable, especially at mealtimes. All week my mouth has been dropping open inconveniently, bouncing off my chest, getting in my food, stifling coherent speech. The reason:...
View ArticleThe last throw of the dice? ECB gives bankers a happy Christmas..
Turns out that Francois Baroin, the French Finance Minister, wasn’t far wrong last week. The most hated man in the City of London said that Britain was in just as bad financial shape as eurozone...
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A financial nativity tale
Herald. A telling conversation with ghost of Christmas present Iain MacWhirter Columnist Christmas Eve at St Andrew’s Square, in the centre of Edinburgh’s financial district. Wet snow falls on the...
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