
UK Government must channel Scottish business energy to fuel growth
ONLY TIME will tell whether the instinct of our new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng to cut taxes in pursuit of economic growth will produce the 2.5

ONLY TIME will tell whether the instinct of our new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng to cut taxes in pursuit of economic growth will produce the 2.5

THE MEDIA has moved on from the Conservative leadership election and Royal funeral and has now started to worry about the falling pound – but

I DIDN’T want Liz Truss to win the Conservative Party leadership contest but I’m now happy to eat humble pie and admit I was wrong

WHILE MOST PEOPLE are worried about coming shortages: fuel, food and even water, there are still some members of the Twitter fraternity worried about surpluses.

The immediate inclination of politicians and technocrats when something goes wrong is to reach for the controls to try and exert more power over events.

IT IS NOW almost six years since the UK voted to leave the EU and two years since our formal withdrawal. One will recall that

NEW EU TAXES are vital to cover the cost of its ‘invisible’ Coronavirus Recovery Fund debts – but at what cost to member states? Facts4EU.Org

I RECENTLY had a blog published by Politeia about the lack of transparency in the accounting for the debts of EU/Eurozone member states. The member states’ contingent liability

WHEN THE TREASURY, the Bank of England and the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, all float an idea it is wise to pay attention. The idea I’m

NICOLA STURGEON may have had an unfortunate fall while she and Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross visited the Bluevale Community Club in Glasgow recently but

IT USED TO BE that governments understood that economic prosperity was hard won and a result of nurturing the private sector, encouraging enterprise and spending

FOR THE PAST two weeks, as we approached the COP26 Climate Summit and throughout its duration, the Government’s preaching about commitments to help lower the