An end of year summing up from the Scottish Currency Group Chair Ian Stewart in the National today archive.ph/qV7r2 www.thenational.scot/politics/257...

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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

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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." www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2507...

Can't argue with that

bylines.scot/news/economi... Yes they really must. And they need to be SAFE BY DESIGN, not accidents waiting to happen.

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 www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtvG...

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. open.substack.com/pub/dearscot...

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

🧵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... www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

"Gaza has been deported to another dimension in which no rules apply." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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.

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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 x.com/fadhelkaboub...

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? labourheartlands.com/the-end-of-g...

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...

Letter from SCG member Jim Osborne in today's Herald. archive.ph/kxe3c www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2506...

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. vm.tiktok.com/ZNdLTyK99/

Nearing the end of this series from Scottish Currency Group's Jim Osborne. Check out the whole series in the National. archive.ph/8kWZw www.thenational.scot/comment/2506...

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

'Scotland will never be a military superpower, but we can be a serious diplomatic, cultural and development power. Which is better still.' Robin McAlpine, via Common Weal. www.commonweal.scot/...

“Our security, our wellbeing in Scotland and elsewhere depend totally on the wellbeing of others all over the world and on all countries of the world playing their part to protect the future of the planet.” CW Board Member Frances Guy at: www.thenational.scot/politics/249...

Interesting from Richard Murphy 4 years ago. There's progress as SNP policy is now Scotland will have its own currency "as soon as practicable". Some more work needed for the introduction timetable to be Independence Day. This is perfectly possible and we have a plan! youtu.be/YMLddlxapwQ?...

From SCG's Jim Osborne archive.ph/r88Kw www.thenational.scot/politics/249...

Scots are used to currency unions as we're in one, & so is the Eurozone. But currency unions are not the rule, having your own currency more normal.Eg rUK, Sterling GBP Ireland, Euro EUR Iceland, I Króna ISK Norway, N Krone NOK Sweden, S Krona SEK Denmark & Faroes, D Krone DKK Scotland - S pound SCP

"A wellbeing economy seems popular with Scottish voters so what would this mean for Scottish independence and how could it be achieved?" bylines.scot/news/economi...

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One of the fastest growing economies in the world which split from the currency union with the South African Rand in the 70s. The currency introduction was a currency exchange not a redenomination and one of the inspirations for the SCG currency plan.

Our universities should be state funded to support reaching the potential of our young folk & not depend on overseas & rUK places to fund them. This distorts the demographics of our universities & puts pressure on places for Scots. We need Indy/our own currency www.thenational.scot/news/2501048...

Scotland is energy rich. We aleady have more energy than we can use and transfer most of it over the Border. If they're needed, build the plants where the energy is needed.

Scot Gov needs to break out of the idea that growing GDP is a goal in itself. It's not an indicator of well-being. It won't in itself improve pub services. It ignores what's creating GDP & the costs to us & the planet. Most important who is getting the benefit. www.thenational.scot/politics/250...

"There was a revolution in the public sector known as New Public Management which was predicated on the idea that the private sector was just more efficient than the public sector" "Financial models based on profit can’t be adapted to non-profit organisations." robinmcalpine.org/a-bankrupt-u...

Dates for your diary The SCG Conference will be held this year on Sat 25 & Sun 26 Oct 2025. At the Carnegie Conference Centre, Dunfermline. Watch this space for the Eventbrite link in the coming months. Hope you can join us

Amen

Imagine this on conversion day for our own Scottish currency but U.K. Sterling

Right again

Lots of independence issues to get your teeth into. Book your tickets here www.ssrg-conference.com?fbclid=IwZXh...

The housing emergency has too long gone unchallenged with only the @scottishgreens.org standing in the way. ScotGov's decision to let these rent protections expire must be justified to the tenants who will suffer as a result.

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"Fairly simple reforms" that's all we need. Most of the changes @richardjmurphy.bsky.social suggests could have been done during the build up to the Spring Statement. But instead we have a growing chorus for a specific wealth tax something that would take years (if ever) to implement.

Richard Murphy on a roll!