In Other News
From the archive — published in 2020 on the original Chokkablog, kept as it was written.
I'm conscious that I haven't posted here for a while - so I thought it might be useful to collate here stuff that I've written elsewhere:
- Herald Article: GERS figures don't lie, despite what (some) independence supporters say [014/12/2020]
- Spectator Article: Responding to Andrew Wilson's ''Scotland can’t afford to remain part of the Union" piece the week before [01/12/2020]
- A Brief snippet on the BBC Radio 4's World at One: from 34 minutes in [27/11/2020]
- Herald Article: Why Sturgeon might not actually be leading an unstoppable force [27/11/2020]
- These Islands Focus Group Report: Lessons learned from focus groups carried out with “disgruntled Remainers” (Scots who voted No in 2014, Remain in 2016) who now favour independence [27/11/2020]
- Times Op-Ed: Independence is a quack cure for everything (a response to Andrew Wilson) [01/09/2020]
- Discussion on BBC Radio Scotland: brief exchange with Andrew Wilson from 1hr 19 mins [26/08/2020]
- Discussion on Radio 4's Today Programme: brief Exchange with Andrew Wilson from 1hr 47 mins [22/08/2020]
- Reaction Article: Fiscal Transfers and Changing Narratives [17/07/2020]
- The Critic Magazine Podcast: speaking to Graham Stewart, on the Scottish independence question. [08/07/2020]
- Presentation at These Islands Newcastle Conference: a 20 minute, whistle-stop tour through Scotland's (and the UK regions') fiscal position [01/03/2020]
- Matt Forde's The Political Party Podcast: A broad-ranging discussion about the reasons for setting up These Islands [24/11/2018]
- Ileach Article: Responding to reports of a speech by Robin McAlpine of the Commonweal [13/10/2018]
- Response to Andrew Wilson's Growth Commission Report: A detailed paper - reviewed and endorsed by senior economists - which takes a critical look at the report which some claim to be the SNP's economic blue-print for independence [23/07/2018]
- BBC Radio Scotland appearance: reacting to the initial publication of the SNP's Sustainable Growth Commission [26/05/2018]
- Spectator Article: Scotland's deficit figures show that the UK works [06/07/2017]
- Around 30 articles for the Daily Record: my "thinking allowed" columns which ran in the Daily record during 2016/17