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Broadcasting Should Be The Nationalists’ Holy Grail

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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Sovereignty and Independence Lite

Despite the fact that my PhD is a contemporary study of the impact technology has had on international taxation law, I’ve found myself delving into the concept of “sovereignty”. The link between international taxation and sovereignty is, in fact, far more significant than it first appears however I’ll bore you with that in a future [...]

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Independence: Time for a Substantive Debate

There will be a referendum on Scottish independence. This fact, I fear, so many in my party have yet to grasp. It’s understandable given that the SNP have already been in power for over four years, and were presented with an offer (the sincerity of which I would doubt) of Parliamentary support for a referendum [...]

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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.