The website of Jamie A. Thom and probably neither practical nor useful.
Pound Positive As the year opened and the pace of the campaign on both sides of the independence debate really started to ramp up, there was a peculiar moment on February 13th that felt to me like it Continue reading The Wealth of Nations
A Brief History of Singapore The circumstances of Singapore’s sudden independence forty nine years ago are worlds different from those facing Scotland now. Years of colonial rule by Britain, starting in the early 1800s, was interupted by Japanese Continue reading Notes From an Even Smaller Island
What Do We Want? Back in 2011, the SNP said it would allow a third option, for more fiscal autonomy or “Devo Max”, on the devloution ballot [Citation]. Such an option was welcomed by senior Scottish Labour folks [Citation] Continue reading Why I Wish We Could Have Devo Max (and why we cant)