Entrepreneur & Chairman of These Islands: I believe more unites us than divides us
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i keep seeing “yeah but what are the positive reasons for Scotland to remain in the UK?” tweets, so thought i’d have a go at creating my personal Top 10 …
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Laurentjoye is to be commended for being frank about the draconian measures that would be necessary for an independent Scotland to establish its own currency, but this is implausible. The chaos this would cause ahead of a vote pretty much guarantees the vote itself would be lost.
this is huge - who would vote for independence knowing it would result in all of your cash at bank being forcibly converted into a new Scottish currency and strict capital controls being enforced which would prevent you from moving money out of the country?
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The IFS says Scot Gov resource funding in 2025–26 will be 12.4% higher in real terms than in 2010–11.
@S_A_Somerville claims this is just funding of new responsibilities (eg social security). This is completely false. Obviously the IFS has adjusted for that. They are not idiots.
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Does Ross know this clip is from 1987? Does he know that Dennis Healey wasn’t Chancellor then? Does he seriously think that Healey saying he didn’t support independence was why the SNP got just 14% of the vote in Scotland at the 1987 general election?
Kevin Hague retweeted
McCrone is doing the rounds again. So, a reminder of what really happened in the 1970s.
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The SNP is trying to reanimate the McCrone report conspiracy theory. If you want to know what really happened, read this: these-islands.co.uk/publicat…
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1/ Nationalists often claim the No campaign in 2014 told them oil & gas would run out within 5 years, and this BBC article is always the evidence. Slight problem. The article simply describes a report produced by some environmentalists. And the UK government called it “nonsense”.
UK's oil, coal and gas will run out in 5 years, researchers warn bbc.in/1qHoUo1
Scotland’s GDP is £233 billion and this (ahem) think tank thinks “Scotland is shortchange by £150 billion a year” 🤦🏻♂️
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Some irritation at FM being asked about a reserved issue. Worth pointing out that the SG, last month, called for energy powers to be devolved to Holyrood, so it’s reasonable to expect John Swinney holds a view
Other reserved issues: whisky duty, foreign affairs, independence
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the Export Statistics Scotland (ESS) report directly addresses this myth (see below) and the ESS figures have nothing to do with the figures in GERS - so if you’re purporting to be a serious think tank you might want to retract that false claim and apologise to @staylorish?
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And this morning Scot Gov issued a mealy-mouthed statement saying the proceeds should be squirrelled away into an oil fund. Oh, and the proceeds should be used to cut energy bills. Not at all contradictory
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Reminder: whatever he might claim today, this is what John Swinney said in February 2025. He welcomed the court’s decision to block Jackdaw, calling it “the only sustainable judgment you can arrive at in considering these questions”.
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SNP couldn’t fill up a hall despite insisting they're booming and independence is imminent. For three days, the conference centre felt like an airport at 3am, while loyal attendees were asked to suspend disbelief and slip into an indy dreamworld. Column⬇️ thescottishsun.co.uk/news/16…
