economy

April 18, 2026

SNP economic policy is taking us backwards to penury, not forwards to prosperity

THE SCOTTISH ECONOMY is in a desperate state. It has long been lagging behind the UK economy but now the prognosis must be considered as dire.

Brian Monteith April 22, 2021

Why Ireland’s economic model doesn’t help Scottish separatism

MUCH OF the Republic of Ireland’s support for the EU in recent Brexit negotiations was smothered in barely disguised Anglophobia. A feature of this was

The Dissenter February 24, 2021

New defence spending has the potential to revive British shipbuilding

CREDIT where credit is due. The predicted announcement by Boris Johnson that the UK will launch its largest investment in defence since the Cold War,

Jonathan Saxty November 20, 2020