A recent Scottish social attitudes survey found that 65% of Scots would back independence if they were £500 better off. The slogan “It’s Scotland’s Oil” has been the cornerstone of the nationalists’ case for independence for the past four decades, while the unionist case invariably relies upon Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) reports which [...]
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I’m a 25-year-old PhD candidate at Trinity College, Dublin, specializing in International Trade & Taxation Law. In a previous life I was an adviser in the Scottish Parliament and a Parliamentary Candidate, but the less said about that the better.