Scottish Independence

After the USSR: Parallels and Pitfalls for the UK

The history of the division of the assets and foreign debt of the former USSR – a political union dominated by one large country, possessing nuclear weapons and a permanent seat on the UN Security Council – provides useful parallels and precedents of how the same might be done in the event of Scotland leaving the UK. But, more importantly, the process offers examples of possible pitfalls for Scot...

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Let’s Dream of Unicorns

It took hundreds of years to trap the unicorn. There was the hammer of the Scots that broke on the anvil of Bannockburn, there wis the flooers o the forest that wede awaa, there was the queen who los...

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The Pain

Why are you crying Granny are you suffering from a pain? That question went unanswered as my tears fell down like rain The child then listened quietly to the story he was told I voted for your future...

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The McCrone Report

Mr Reid SCOTTISH ECONOMIC PLANNING DEPARTMENT New St Andrew’s House St. James Centre, Edinburgh, EH13TA Telephone 031-556 840. ext, 4017 J Garlick Esq Cabinet Office Great George Street London SW1 23...

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The Declaration of Arbroath (1320)

To the most Holy Father and Lord in Christ, the Lord John, by divine providence Supreme Pontiff of the Holy Roman and Universal Church, his humble and devout sons Duncan, Earl of Fife, Thomas Randolp...

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The Scottish Constitution

Whatever your views on Scottish independence or when is the right time to hold another vote, no one can deny that the campaign leading up to the independence referendum of September 2014 breathed new...

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How Scotland Subsidises the Rest of the UK

Exclusive clinching evidence that there has been a huge net flow of funds from Scotland to the Treasury since 1979 came in an answer from the Government in the final hours of the old Parliament last ...

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Economic Case for Scottish Independence

SCOTLAND WITH ONLY 9% OF THE UK’S POPULATION HAS: 32% of the land area 61% of the sea area 90% of the fresh water 65% of the natural gas production 96.5% of the crude oil production 47% of the open c...

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The Conservative-Labour Coalition

George Galloway often describes the Conservative Party and Labour Party as “two cheeks of the same arse.” This has been long apparent to all Scots, who observe with daily bemusement as the BBC, the d...

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The Lady with the Gioconda Smile

The indications are the SNP will be the majority party from Scotland and thus under article 19 of the Treaty of Union will represent the “ considered will of the people of Scotland ” at Westminster, ...

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