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"The NHS becomes the place where wider policy failure finally becomes visible. davidmcwilliam.substack.com/p/the-nhs-is...

"The uncomfortable truth is not that Scotland is secretly the spoiled child of the Union. The uncomfortable truth is that the UK’s economic model creates dependency and then moralises about the cost of relieving it." bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/06/18/s...

SCOTTISH CURRENCY GROUP CONFERENCE SAT 24 OCTOBER 2026 CARNEGIE CONFERENCE CENTRE, DUNFERMLINE 10.15 - 5.30 BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-c...

Clara Mattei on capitalism Scotland knows a bit about U.K. prosperity (unfairly distributed mainly to the SE of England) depending on economic suppression and extraction of resources from its colonies and the global south. youtu.be/9M_dq_0ljsc?...

To cross a river you must feel for the stones - the problem is that we have to get our feet wet - that takes vision and courage The SCG article in The National www.thenational.scot/politics/261...

From a year ago from SCG

Scottish Currency Group's Jim Osborne in the National today www.thenational.scot/comment/2613...

Pat Kane talking about a joint Scottish Currency Group/Scotonomics papers on Scottish bonds. Also SCG community wealth building and investing in ourselves www.thenational.scot/politics/261...

Professor Laurentjoye is back in Scotland conducting the final research for his Final Report on Currency & Policies for Scotland which will be presented at the SCG Conference 2026 on October 24th in Dunfermline. 👁️👁️Eventbrite for our Conference and a crowd funder coming as this all needs some funds.

Archive archive.ph/Sto2d www.thenational.scot/news/2608093...

Latest Scottish Currency Group article on the theme of investing in ourselves www.thenational.scot/comment/2605...

Policy in the SNP and Greens for Scottish independence which, if our own currency is introduced, changes the dynamic of funding altogether. Our own currency = economic choices and management levers we can't achieve as a joined up effort under devolution. bylines.scot/opinion/elec...

Investing in Ourselves GThis article in The Herald today makes similar points to what we in the SCG have been saying - in Scotland we need to invest in ourselves. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2602617...

INVESTING IN OURSELVES PART 6 Here is this week's article in The National from the SCG - published on Monday April 13th www.thenational.scot/politics/260...

UPDATE ON THE SCOTONOMICS/SCG JOINT PAPER "THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT BOND PROGRAMME AND INVESTING IN OURSELVES" from William Thomson www.patreon.com/posts/154493...

Palantir’s technologies are used by the powerful to attack the powerless. This company should not be involved in our public services. Sign this petition if you agree act.globaljustice.org.uk/get-palantir...

Let's keep up the pressure: #PalantirOut. First the NHS, then defence contracts www.ft.com/content/2d2b...

Ministers are reportedly exploring how to cancel dangerous spy-tech firm Palantir's contract to handle NHS data after over 150k people joined me in calling on them to break the contract. Join us - together we can kick out Palantir out of our NHS: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Happily, Scotland's Government rejected Palantir, Despites the howls of outrage from the usual suspects. It is good to have grown-ups in the room.

INVESTING IN OURSELVES - PART 5 This is this week's article in The National from the SCG, continuing the theme of "investing in ourselves". www.thenational.scot/comment/2597...

Lessons for Scotland re economic independence in this podcast - a struggle the global south is still in. Scotland mustn't miss the chance to lay the foundations to extricate ourselves. Starts with our own currency from the early days/months of independence. realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...

Pavlina Tcherneva will be speaking at Scotlands Economic Festival, in Leith, on Saturday 20th March. "..We stop trickle-down. And we start bottom-up. We spend to create jobs, jobs for all, good jobs with decent wages and family-sustaining benefits.” www.thenational.scot/politics/259...

INVESTING IN OURSELVES This is today's article from the SCG in The National. It is the 4th article in the "Investing in Ourselves" series www.thenational.scot/politics/259...

This article from Richard Murphy in The National today nicely complements the SCG article on LGPS funds and fiduciary duty. It appears on the same 2 page spread in the printed and digital editions - well done the editors at The National. www.thenational.scot/politics/259...

A new report from the SCG has been published today and is available on the SCG website at scg.scot/resource-lib... The two recent papers continue the theme of "In Scotland WE Need to Invest in Ourselves" which has been the subject of several articles in The National and others to come.

We can do more even within the fiscal cage muntil we finally achieve our independence www.heraldscotland.com/news/2591424...

A great article in The National today from Ciaran McKenna. archive.ph/wip/DdqyH www.thenational.scot/politics/259...

An AI graphic based on our new page on the SCG website. Feel free to share it widely. scg.scot/resource-lib...

The most obvious takeaway from the paper is we should have been using income from offshore as part of Scotland's totals from the early 1970s. GERS was first published in 1992, the paper casts an ugly shadow over these stats. pureportal.strath.ac.uk/files/328879... www.patreon.com/posts/70-yea...

We would add the Scottish Greens in Scotland. This is a window of opportunity for all the parties mentioned to offer that bold alternative - it's been proven repeatedly it's not coming from the mainstream parties youtube.com/shorts/2TvCI...

To Scottish Greens Video summing up the task ahead. Economic messaging is going to be essential to get the Greens ahead of Reform in Scotland - it's been seen to work for the GE&W. They have good economic advisors around them. Who are the Scottish Greens listening to? youtube.com/shorts/6H3VX...

See the joint paper on the SCG website from SCG/Scotonomics re the mismatch of issuing SG bonds for wholesale to the international markets and the stated aims of the recent Community Wealth (Scotland) bill. There is still time to change course. scg.scot/resource-lib...

Peter Ryan, payment systems expert, for Common Weal on the issue of payment systems echoed in his piece in the National for the SCG www.commonweal.scot/policies/pay...

The National's response to the findings of the joint report with Scotonomics and the Scottish Currency Group. It's not too late for the Scottish Gov to rethink this plan to benefit the Scottish economy archive.ph/vYK5D www.thenational.scot/news/2589744...

This week's SCG article in The National. This time by Peter Ryan, a payment systems expert who spoke at the SCG Conference last October. Scotland can develop its own payment systems and boost the Scottish economy archive.ph/wip/JCi55 www.thenational.scot/politics/258...

William Thomson has written a paper with Jim Osborne (Scottish Currency Group), "Scottish Government Bonds and Investing in Ourselves". It will be released at 9am on 2nd March. Sign up to receive the paper in your inbox. scot.us21.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Latest on Bylines Scotland from the SCG bylines.scot/news/economi...

By issuing wholesale rather than retail bonds, the Scottish Government has decided to strip around £175 million from the Scottish economy. The decision was made alongside the new Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill. The wholesale bond issue is hardly in keeping with the spirit of the bill.

SCG working with Scotonomics on the repercussions of the creation of Scottish Gov bonds for the international market and how this aligns with the aims of the SG Community Wealth Building bill. Watch this space for their joint paper to be released in March 2026. www.patreon.com/posts/by-iss...

SCG working with Scotonomics on the repercussions of the creation of Scottish Gov bonds for the international market and how this aligns with the aims of the SG Community Wealth Building bill. Watch this space for their joint paper to be released in March 2026. www.patreon.com/posts/by-iss...

Scotland's oil & gas increased measured economic output by almost £1 trillion in today’s prices – the vast majority of the value took the form of profits & taxes rather than wages, according to a landmark study by some of Scotland’s top economists Read more here www.thenational.scot/news/2586370...

Scotland must develop a sovereign payments system independent of the rUK to secure our banking and financial sector against threats or moves to cut us off from the U.K. payments system when we become an independent nation www.theguardian.com/business/202...

“Put simply, no other advanced economy which isn’t a tax haven exports its wealth at the rate Scotland does.... We lose more than five per cent of our wealth every year. It is crippling us” robinmcalpine.org/is-peter-man...

Today's SCG article in The National archive.ph/dxG48 www.thenational.scot/comment/2585...

Credit: Jim Osbourne Scottish Currency Group Community Wealth Building Bill/Act Kate Forbes in The National today about the new CWB (Scotland) Bill/Act but, as usual for SG communications, is over hyped because the CWB Bill/Act falls short of its full potential. www.thenational.scot/politics/258...