There’s a reason why we keep talking about a Scottish currency IT is that time of year when we reflect and consider where we are and what we have achieved over these last 12 months before resetting our compass…

An end of year summing up from the Scottish Currency Group Chair Ian Stewart in the National today

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Richard Murphy The push for wealth taxes has been one of the defining economic debates of 2025. The question now is whether we want policies that work. In this video, I argue that the fastest, fairest way to tax...

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We agree, it's moving only in one direction and that's an exit from the U.K. union. We are all tired of dancing to the beat of someone else's drum

What the unionist media thinks will be of limited concern once Scotland has made its decision to leave the U.K. and the rU.K. also has an international banking reputation to uphold. We have currencies being set up in a matter of months eg Estonia. The transition period isn't fixed like for Brexit

That's why planning prior to the democratic event is essential. Things like payment systems can be pretty much off the shelf and the intention is to grandfather the majority of regulations, subject to change later. The banks will be informed in good time, they are simply including another currency

The SCG has already explored this with other European Central banks and has detailed documentation regarding being compliant/compatible. The good thing is these protocols are standardised. Payment systems similarly so

Health secretary keeps taking donations linked to private health | Good Law Project Wes Streeting has bagged another £58,000 from sources connected to the private health sector since taking over at the health department. But what do his backers expect in return?

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SFE chief: It is clear that there remains a real warmth towards Scotland Scotland has a global reputation for innovation and expertise but, against a backdrop of increasing global competition, we must continue to work hard

This narrative can't be allowed to go uncontested. Scotland loses 6% of our GDP in profits to overseas investors £10.1Bn/yr since 1998. Investors don’t come here out of charity, they invest because they expect to make more than they put in."

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Can't argue with that

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Yes they really must. And they need to be SAFE BY DESIGN, not accidents waiting to happen.

SCOTONOMICS Ep 125: The Self Financing State YouTube video by SCOTONOMICS

Scotonomics will be discussing this analysis of spending and taxation in the U.K. which literally turns everything you thought you knew about public spending on its head. Vital information for an Indy Scotland. Watch the show & post questions. Document in comments

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Has Ronald McDonald been living under a rock? Or perhaps a golden arch?

Ronald MacDonald muddying the waters, nobody is saying we will use Sterling long term after the transition period.
Independence parties agree we need our own currency so this is the ground on which any comments on Scottish independence should now be being made.

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Is the UK Government only for England? The abandonment of Grangemouth, in comparison to saving an English steel plant would suggest it. Look behind Stephen Flynn at the sneering & contemptuous Reform UK MPs, they don't represent Scottish interests. Vote independence in '26

If Scotland as a devolved nation can understand NHS staff are vital to keeping our population healthy then Westminster, with all the power of the U.K. purse, is choosing to undervalue NHS staff in favour of privatising the NHS for profit to shareholders

Westminster is choosing not to do more, "betraying Scottish workers" and the Scottish economy which affects us all in Scotland. Vote independence in '26

This is what puts the lie to Westminster not being able to do more to support investment in building an economy which supports all of us. They are captured by the people who feed off our precarity so we work for peanuts for their profits

'Scotland’s different population dynamics mean we face challenges sooner' Among the most significant of these challenges is the twin effect of an ageing population and a history of poor health outcomes.

🧵reply-1/ Graeme Roy highlights the strategic importance of public investment to improve physical & mental health. He doesn't address how investment in our public services is possible within the Union as its severely constrained by the UK’s fiscal framework...

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Politicians want to normalise what’s happening in Gaza. Our moral outrage won’t let that happen | Nesrine Malik The more shocking the carnage becomes, the more people are punished for speaking out. This just makes it clear how much is really at stake, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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UK state pension rises by £470 to £11,790 a yr.

26% of retirees receive the full amount

SP is less than 50% of minimum wage. Worst in major economies.

Thousands below the poverty line lost winter fuel payment.

2m pensioners live in poverty.

110,000 a year die in fuel poverty.

The Scotland Channel It's time for Scotland to be properly represented in the media. The Scotland Channel aims to reflect the Scottish people, life, culture and achievements of this great wee country in a way that London-...

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World Curling final: Scotland beat Switzerland to take gold Scotland take gold at the men's World Curling Championship after a dramatic 5-4 victory over Switzerland in Moose Jaw, Canada.

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Lessons from the global south for decolonising Scotland. "It's not going to be done by anybody else". Be cautious about the self interest of other nations. It's down to us to do it through negotiation on our own terms
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The End Of Globalisation? Why Trump's Tariff War Might Just Spark The Fourth Industrial Re-Evolution  - Labour Heartlands Globalisation has enabled corporate profit on an unprecedented scale. For decades, multinational corporations outsourced production to countries where labour

Interesting take on the crossroads where the world economy finds itself. Will we escape neoliberalism and globalisation and move to a new age of national resilience?
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Health secretary keeps taking donations linked to private health | Good Law Project Wes Streeting has bagged another £58,000 from sources connected to the private health sector since taking over at the health department. But what do his backers expect in return?

Last year we showed how more than 60% of the donations accepted by Streeting were from companies and individuals with links to private health. He has since bagged a further £58,000 from private health care interests. goodlawproject.org/health-secre...

Indy Scotland would fund public services without needing private help An independent Scotland with our own currency and a central bank will have the fiscal capacity to fund public services, whether they are actually…

Letter from SCG member Jim Osborne in today's Herald.

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The great £60bn green energy 'carve up': Anger over Scots contracts going abroad Objections have been raised with the UK government as foreign companies have cleaned up on green energy supply contacts that has been described as…

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It takes an English man, a good one at that, to spell out the reality not enough Scots see. Scotland is an economic colony Westminster won't let go of, we have huge resources oil (McCrone 70s) gas, hydrogen, wind, land, sea etc. Come on Scotland, wake up to independence.
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How would tax work in a wellbeing economy? WE have explained in our series of articles that increased government investment in the transformation to a wellbeing economy will produce fiscal…

Nearing the end of this series from Scottish Currency Group's Jim Osborne. Check out the whole series in the National.

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In the U.K. under the devolution settlement, with a fixed budget, Scotland can't outperform underlying economic conditions set in Westminster. We can't address or mitigate our issues without full powers and our own currency. We need to be making the economic decisions which benefit all of our people