by The Editor | Jun 14, 2017 | International
I was discussing Brexit last night. My co-discussant made a good point that is worth sharing. Eighty five per cent of votes cast in the general election were for parties saying they would take us out of Europe. Like it or not, that debate appears to be over. The...
by The Editor | Jun 14, 2017 | Politics
I am bemused by the widespread feeling, at least south of the border, that the general election has knocked discussion on Scottish independence into the long grass for all time to come. I am quite sure that this is not true. Has anyone noticed, for example, that the...
by The Editor | Jun 14, 2017 | Politics
It has taken less than a week for one of the casualties of the election to become apparent. Austerity is over. The long term economic plan of 2015 is as dead as the strength and stability of 2017. It would be easy to say that Labour’s success killed austerity and the...
by The Editor | Jun 14, 2017 | Politics
On one day, we have three convincing pieces of evidence that the North Sea’s 2016 losses were a temporary blip. I’ve already reported on the massive finds west of Shetland and booming demand from Asia: Estimates of Scotland’s oil reserves West of Shetland now...
by The Editor | Jun 14, 2017 | International
Free movement of people within the European Union came about via the Treaty of Maastricht in 1992. Which also came about from the earlier 1957 Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and concerned the free movement of workers and of establishment of...
