Category Archives: Commerce

The Cost of Being British

Posted on February 8, 2013 by davidsberry

There are many stalwarts among the people working towards Scotland’s rightful future as a proper country. But, until this week, I never included The Economist among them. Don’t get me wrong—right-wing rag for blinkered fat cats though it is often … Continue reading →

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Don’t Knock It

Posted on February 6, 2013 by davidsberry

After a lively Twitter debate with an old buddy that stemmed from Scottish Government proposals that will effectively raise stamp duties by making them more proportionate to house prices, we got on to a discussion about which parts of Scotland … Continue reading →

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The Answer Is Blowing In the Wind

Posted on February 4, 2013 by davidsberry

Lively as the debate is becoming in rural communities about the evils of wind turbines near them, the ‘big picture’ actuality is that they are something of a sideshow, as compared to the great majority of wind turbine installations. This … Continue reading →

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The Auld Antagonist

Posted on January 28, 2013 by davidsberry

Scotland is a funny sort of place. As an independent state throughout the Middle Ages it might have been poor—but then so was most of the planet. And that relative poverty helped to shape the national character of pluck, doggedness, … Continue reading →

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Osbo’s Gilt Complex

Posted on January 26, 2013 by davidsberry

STATUTORY WARNING: This blog is calibrated for fiscal anoraks and may cause nausea and/or disorientation among those faint-hearted about figures. This year has not started well for George Osborne. While some might relish the evil schadenfreude in that, the problem … Continue reading →

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The Shape of the Future

Posted on January 18, 2013 by davidsberry

To quote Holyrood magazine which has proved itself pretty adept at putting its finger on the pulse of the moment: “Scotland’s population has reached its highest ever level. Official census figures published at the end of last year revealed that … Continue reading →

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Scrooge’s Abacus

Posted on January 9, 2013 by davidsberry

It was no surprise that the ConDems won tonight’s vote in Westminster on a Bill to limit annual increases in benefits to 1%, nor was it any surprise that Labour politicians lined up to condemn this development. So far, so … Continue reading →

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The Auld Adversary

Posted on December 27, 2012 by davidsberry

Much ink has been spilled in the dead tree media over how difficult it would be for Scotland to operate economically as an independent country with England no longer bound to support it. Certainly any hostility on England’s part would … Continue reading →

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The Gross Is Greener

Posted on December 23, 2012 by davidsberry

As it has been doing for a number of years, BOS has published its “Quality of Life” List just before Christmas. This rates council areas in Scotland by seventeen parameters, grouped in a half-dozen classes that they believe relate to … Continue reading →

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On the First Dodge of Crimbo…

Posted on December 10, 2012 by davidsberry

    Found this on Facebook and thought it too good not to rip off from: http://www.facebook.com/peoplepowerchange

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