“Introducing a new Scottish currency has always been the most sensible option….”

Okay, so let’s for argument’s sake assume the premise of my previous blog is roughly true. Why is Alex Salmond want to mash up the media playing field between now and Thursday. It’s the conclusion from a short paper by Angus Armstrong and Monique Ebell of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), called simply, Is This Plan B: In 2016, Scotland is likely to face twin deficits in the year that it might become an independent nation. …

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