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Category Archives: Economy
Interactive ONS Data
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has released a set of interactive charts so you can examine the concentration of industry in different areas and cities around the UK. It includes Scotland’s major cities but for some reason not the … Continue reading
What has the SNP ever done for the Borders?
Watch this video then ask what the Tories have ever done for this part of the Borders except carp
Posted in Borders Railway, Economy, Paul Wheelhouse, Scottish Borders
Tagged Paul Wheelhouse
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Tax Credits: saved at a stroke
Cut the ‘benefits’ of the wealthy instead! By Russell Bruce George Osborne has to find savings of £4.5bn to reinstate his proposed tax credit cuts as the House of Lords, being unusually populist, decided to throw out his changes to … Continue reading
Theresa May’s wretched plan to expel talented young people from Britain
Benjamin, as he explains, is an American who is about to start his PhD at Cambridge. Theresa May’s policy is about number targets and not about economic sense. The Scottish government has long argued that we need to allow talented overseas … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Immigration, International, Politics, Theresa May
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Cameron and Clegg plan Rose Garden mark 2
Russell Bruce writes on Conservative/Lib Dem planning for Coalition mark 2, Tory dissent in the Borders and the close contest in Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Life has not been a rose garden for most of the population anywhere in the … Continue reading
A quiet revolution in the Borders and proof the UK economy is beginning to stall
By Russell Bruce I wrote some weeks ago about the difficulty the SNP would have in changing the political landscape in the three constituencies that lie on the border with England. This was an area that voted No in the … Continue reading
Posted in Borderlands, Economy, Politics
Tagged Calum Kerr, General election 2015, George Osborne, SNP
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Agincourt: £1m to celebrate defeat of French and ‘Scottish nationalists’
Image from Histoire de France, Wikimedia Commons By Russell Bruce During Osborne’s budget speech he announced in extraordinary terms £1M to celebrate the battle of Agincourt “And, Mr Deputy Speaker, we could not let the 600th anniversary of Agincourt pass … Continue reading
Posted in Defence, Economy, Europe, Foreign Policy, History, Politics, Scotland
Tagged Agincourt, Economy, George Osborne
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London think tank director backs Nicola’s numbers
By Russell Bruce Jonathan Portes, Director of the National Institute of Social and Economic Research (NIESR) has backed First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon’s plans to deal with the UK deficit, growing debt pile and her alternative direction to Osborne’s austerity plans. … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Labour Market, Politics, Scotland
Tagged austerity, George Osborne, Jonathan Portes, Nicola Sturgeon, Social Democracy
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Oil: a holistic view on our energy future is required
Part 3 of What price a barrel of oil? looks at consumer advantages of the price fall, the urgent need for fiscal reform for the industry and the place oil and gas production plays in a longer-term transition to marine renewables. By Russell Bruce The … Continue reading
Let me tell you a secret: ALL the oil is running out
WHAT PRICE A BARREL OF OIL – PART 2 By Russell Bruce There is question we are entitled to ask concerning the drop in the oil price – is the fall a rational price movement? We all know economists … Continue reading
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