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WE CAN ALL AGREE that even in a democracy, with an unwritten constitution, certain actions are beyond what would be reasonable for any Government to
IN THE PAST FOUR weeks there have been two big, well organised, demonstrations against SNP/Green policy and legislation outside the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, Edinburgh.
THERE IS an important insight in economics called “what is unseen” – a shorthand description of a treatise offered by Frederic Bastiat about the effects
LAST WEEK Scotland Matters sent an Advan to the SNP Burns Supper held in the GoGlasgow Hotel, Govan, with a few memes to remind everyone
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Hamish Gobson’s diary: the view from across the Uisge 5 February 2023 I SEE in my South China Morning Post today that the
Hamish Gobson’s diary: the view from across the Uisge 27 January 2023 LORD SUMPTION’S contribution to the gender debate this week will be
“There is art and there is modern art, they are not the same. There is also drawing and modern art drawing, they are not the
TAKE A LOOK around you. Take a really good look at the people you know, meet and come across every day. Look at your family,
THERE ARE lots of points in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement that need to be addressed, but this one requires serious debate: why does the chancellor
ECONOMIC COMPARISONS are not penalty shoot-outs, but the moment male economists hear the words UK and Germany, they seem to lose the ability to step
IT WOULD APPEAR that everything is being blamed on Liz Truss. According to The Independent “There is little prospect of a post-Brexit trade deal with Brazil in the near
EARLIER THIS YEAR the European Commission proposed a new law to halt deforestation and minimise the EU’s impact on forests worldwide. Its aim was to