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Scotland’s sense of injustice blights its future

30 July 2008, Financial Times

John describes the eonomic agenda for Scotland following the SNP’s latest victory, in the light of the continuing legacy of an apocryphal account of Scottish history.

Not the time to emphasise Scotland’s fealty

20 February 2008, Financial Times

Scottish banknotes are not legal tender in England – or in Scotland. What matters is not what is legal tender, but what others will accept.

A separate Scotland would shed its sense of victimhood

08 April 2007, Financial Times

The economic case for separatism is that it removes the focus of grievance and the source of subsidy and makes Scotland again responsible for its economic destiny.

Self-congratulation serves Scotland ill

03 April 2007, Financial Times

The appeal of separatism in modern Scotland is linked to the country’s relative economic decline, as self- congratulation turns to grievance in response to failure.