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Caledonia dreaming: a stronger economy with independence?
VINCE MILLS calls into question the SNP’s recent claim that freedom from Westminster, while remaining under the thumb of the Bank of England by keeping sterling as the currency, would work for anybody — or even be allowed by the EU
TALKING A BIG GAME: The SNP’s claimed links between independence and economic prosperity don’t match the realities of EU membership
LYNNE WALSH previews the Bristol Radical History Conference this weekend
Keir Starmer’s £120 million to Sudan cannot cover the government’s complicity in the RSF genocide or atone for the long shadow of British colonialism and imperialism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
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Mountains of research show that hardcore material harms children, yet there are still no simple measures in place
We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
WHATEVER else the SNP government’s new publication A Stronger Economy with Independence is about, it is not about independence. This publication, the third in the series, would have an “independent” Scotland firstly chained to the Bank of England by sharing a common currency with the remainder of the UK until (at some unspecified date in the future) it creates its own currency. This is necessary for the next big step in Scottish liberation — membership of the European Union.
More on the currency issue later, but let’s start with some common ground. Nobody from Rishi Sunak-supporting Tories to the Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist) would deny that current performance of the Tory government is anything less than shambolic.
But, and I am sure CPB-ML would agree with me here, there is an enormous difference between the capitalist system and its managers, or in this case, bad managers.
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