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The SNP has failed to offer a meaningful alternative to the UK’s flawed economic model – a view from Northern England If I were Scottish, I genuinely don’t know how I would vote in the upcoming independence referendum. After centuries of subservience to the London metropolis, the lure of self-rule must be extremely tempting. Yet, as a non-Scot, I’m desperately … Continue reading →
9 September 2014 by Craig Berry
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Tags: alex salmond, currency union, neoliberalism, scotland, sterling, the pound
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The phoney currency debate in Scotland relies on misunderstanding and is helping to marginalise the real alternatives Craig Berry and Richard Berry The intervention from senior UK politicians on the SNP’s plans for a currency union, allowing Scotland to retain sterling post-independence, appears to have backfired for the Better Together campaign. Ed Balls and Danny Alexander both backed George … Continue reading →
18 March 2014 by Craig Berry
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Tags: alex salmond, currency union, danny alexander, Ed Balls, George Osborne, neoliberalism, scotland, scottish independence, sterling, the pound, treasury
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Scotland can do better than ‘tartanised’ neoliberalism
The SNP has failed to offer a meaningful alternative to the UK’s flawed economic model – a view from Northern England If I were Scottish, I genuinely don’t know how I would vote in the upcoming independence referendum. After centuries of subservience to the London metropolis, the lure of self-rule must be extremely tempting. Yet, as a non-Scot, I’m desperately … Continue reading →
9 September 2014 by Craig Berry
Categories: SPERI Comment | Tags: alex salmond, currency union, neoliberalism, scotland, sterling, the pound | Leave a comment