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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ian Stewart, Chair of the Scottish Currency Group Working Party in the National this week. Please share this invitation widely from this post. archive.ph/qlk6V www.thenational.scot/politics/265...

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My open invite to readers as we host annual currency conference

AS chair of the Scottish Currency Group I appreciate the opportunity, provided by the National, to invite all readers to our forthcoming annual…

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The latest article from the SCG written by Prof Thibault Laurentjoye who is preparing a report on Scottish Currency and the Scot Econ. The final report is presented at our 2026 conference on Oct 24 in Dunfermline www.thenational.scot/politics/265...

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Independence means little if Scotland remains tied to the pound

DOES an independent Scotland “really” need its own currency? Let me put it this way – if the entire point of independence is to fly the…

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A lesson for Scotland using the currency of a much larger neighbour who wants our resources jasonhickel.substack.com/p/unequal-ex...

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Unequal exchange in Africa’s CFA Zone

New data on France, Europe and China.

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

SCG PROPOSALS FOR A SCOTTISH CENTRAL BANK Our proposals for the design and remit of the SCB will be published on our website asap. Comments welcome

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

DON'T FORGET TO BOOK YOUR TICKETS FOR THE ONE DAY SCOTTISH CURRENCY GROUP CONFERENCE 24 OCTOBER 2026 IN DUNFERMLINE. EARLY BIRD TICKET DISCOUNT APPLIES FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS - ENDS TODAY!! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-c...

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Scottish Currency Group Conference - 2026 - The Final Report

The Currency Plan & Policy Options for Scotland. Final Report from Professor Thibault Laurentjoye.

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

What happens to our money in an independent Scotland? 💷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💰 Tim Rideout from the Scottish Currency Group is heading to Brechin to lay out the real facts. Join us for an engaging, clear-headed look at how a Scottish currency would actually work. 👉 Book Tickets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/money-mone...

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Money, Money, Money

Tim Rideout, of the Scottish Currency Group, is coming to Brechin to highlight the essential subject of currency in an independent Scotland.

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Please share to get the message out As advertised Prof Thibault Laurentjoye discussing the imperative of a Scottish currency post independence and his final report for the Scottish Currency Group due later this year to be presented at our Oct 2026 SCG Conference. youtube.com/watch?v=J9SE...

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Why an independent Scotland NEEDS it's own currency

YouTube video by The National

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

SCOTTISH CURRENCY GROUP CONFERENCE SAT 24 OCTOBER 2026 CARNEGIE CONFERENCE CENTRE, DUNFERMLINE 10.15 - 5.30 BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-c...

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Scottish Currency Group Conference - 2026 - The Final Report

The Currency Plan & Policy Options for Scotland. Final Report from Professor Thibault Laurentjoye.

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Prof Laurentjoye is recording a podcast for The National Newspaper on Friday. His Final Report is coming for the SCG Conference Oct 2026. Tickets available on pinned post - extended Earlybird Discount to the end of Aug. Hear Roz Foyer STUC, Profs Richard Murphy & Ronald MacDonald & Coll McCail

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

From Resilient Economy Scotland. The SCG agrees with this summary www.resilienteconomy.org/wp-content/u...

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Today's article in The National from the SCG. It is based on the "Investing in Ourselves, Believing in Ourselves and Our Place in the World" post a few days ago. www.thenational.scot/politics/262...

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The independence case is stuck – here's how the SNP can move it along

THE independence movement is going round in circles and getting nowhere fast. Some might say we are “lost” but to become lost you have to have…

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Fittiequine @fittiequine.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

"The uncomfortable truth is not that Scotland is secretly the spoiled child of the Union. The uncomfortable truth is that the UK’s economic model creates dependency and then moralises about the cost of relieving it." bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/06/18/s...

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Scotland Is Not Cossetted – Britain Is Centralised

Scottish voters dislike many things, we are told, because Scotland is apparently a nation of very fine haters. But perhaps what really irritates people here is not the truth, but the smugness with …

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

SCOTTISH CURRENCY GROUP CONFERENCE SAT 24 OCTOBER 2026 CARNEGIE CONFERENCE CENTRE, DUNFERMLINE 10.15 - 5.30 BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-c...

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Scottish Currency Group Conference - 2026 - The Final Report

The Currency Plan & Policy Options for Scotland. Final Report from Professor Thibault Laurentjoye.

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Clara Mattei on capitalism Scotland knows a bit about U.K. prosperity (unfairly distributed mainly to the SE of England) depending on economic suppression and extraction of resources from its colonies and the global south. youtu.be/9M_dq_0ljsc?...

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Clara Mattei: capitalism is not natural - it’s enforced

YouTube video by Channel 4 News

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

To cross a river you must feel for the stones - the problem is that we have to get our feet wet - that takes vision and courage The SCG article in The National www.thenational.scot/politics/261...

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SNP have no plan for Scottish independence. But that's not the biggest problem

PEOPLE are asking if the SNP have a plan for independence. No progress has been made towards that objective since the 2014 referendum ...

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Pat Kane talking about a joint Scottish Currency Group/Scotonomics papers on Scottish bonds. Also SCG community wealth building and investing in ourselves www.thenational.scot/politics/261...

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There is a way to escape the iron cage of all-seeing bond markets

HEAR that flip-flopping sound? That’s the noise a centre-left, social-democratic politician makes when faced with the power of the bond markets.

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Professor Laurentjoye is back in Scotland conducting the final research for his Final Report on Currency & Policies for Scotland which will be presented at the SCG Conference 2026 on October 24th in Dunfermline. 👁️👁️Eventbrite for our Conference and a crowd funder coming as this all needs some funds.

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Policy in the SNP and Greens for Scottish independence which, if our own currency is introduced, changes the dynamic of funding altogether. Our own currency = economic choices and management levers we can't achieve as a joined up effort under devolution. bylines.scot/opinion/elec...

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Election 2026: what do the Scottish party manifestos say about the NHS? - Bylines Scotland

Six parties, one NHS crisis – yet their manifestos reveal more shared ground than solutions, with only a few willing to face the hard choices

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Investing in Ourselves GThis article in The Herald today makes similar points to what we in the SCG have been saying - in Scotland we need to invest in ourselves. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2602617...

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The big funding question the next Scottish Government has to address

Sweden, Denmark and Finland are examples of small company funding Scotland could follow

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

UPDATE ON THE SCOTONOMICS/SCG JOINT PAPER "THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT BOND PROGRAMME AND INVESTING IN OURSELVES" from William Thomson www.patreon.com/posts/154493...

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One month since our wholesale bond paper - update | Scotonomics

Get more from Scotonomics on Patreon

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WhatDoesGodNeedWith @wdgnw.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Palantir’s technologies are used by the powerful to attack the powerless. This company should not be involved in our public services. Sign this petition if you agree act.globaljustice.org.uk/get-palantir...

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Get Palantir out of UK public services

The UK has handed Palantir dozens of public contracts, including with the NHS, even as the dangers of empowering a class of big tech oligarchs become clear. Palantir has supplied military technology t...

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Ministers are reportedly exploring how to cancel dangerous spy-tech firm Palantir's contract to handle NHS data after over 150k people joined me in calling on them to break the contract. Join us - together we can kick out Palantir out of our NHS: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Ministers explore triggering break clause in Palantirs NHS contract.

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 30/03/2026

Happily, Scotland's Government rejected Palantir, Despites the howls of outrage from the usual suspects. It is good to have grown-ups in the room.

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

INVESTING IN OURSELVES - PART 5 This is this week's article in The National from the SCG, continuing the theme of "investing in ourselves". www.thenational.scot/comment/2597...

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Local government pension funds can well afford to invest in the future of our country

In Scotland, we need to invest in ourselves and reduce our reliance on foreign investment

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Lessons for Scotland re economic independence in this podcast - a struggle the global south is still in. Scotland mustn't miss the chance to lay the foundations to extricate ourselves. Starts with our own currency from the early days/months of independence. realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...

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Episode 371 - You Can't Vote Away Colonialism with Fadhel Kaboub

Economist Fadhel Kaboub explains why the Global South cannot thrive without first achieving structural economic decolonization – and why MMT is essential, but not sufficient, for the task.

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Pavlina Tcherneva will be speaking at Scotlands Economic Festival, in Leith, on Saturday 20th March. "..We stop trickle-down. And we start bottom-up. We spend to create jobs, jobs for all, good jobs with decent wages and family-sustaining benefits.” www.thenational.scot/politics/259...

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It’s time we fought against the weaponisation of jobs

It’s a political decision to balance budgets on the backs of working families, writes Pavlina Tcherneva

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

This article from Richard Murphy in The National today nicely complements the SCG article on LGPS funds and fiduciary duty. It appears on the same 2 page spread in the printed and digital editions - well done the editors at The National. www.thenational.scot/politics/259...

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Richard Murphy: Where an indy Scotland will need an honesty that is lacking in the UK

I WAS pleased to see the report in The National on the work of Professor Graeme Roy, Professor Niall MacKenzie and Sandy Stewart. Their work was…

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

A new report from the SCG has been published today and is available on the SCG website at scg.scot/resource-lib... The two recent papers continue the theme of "In Scotland WE Need to Invest in Ourselves" which has been the subject of several articles in The National and others to come.

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Publications repository - Scottish Currency Group

Downloads of these publications are available to all, at present: click the “Download Now” box below the relevant publication to read it. If you prefer printed copies of SCG reports click this link.

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

A great article in The National today from Ciaran McKenna. archive.ph/wip/DdqyH www.thenational.scot/politics/259...

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

An AI graphic based on our new page on the SCG website. Feel free to share it widely. scg.scot/resource-lib...

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The most obvious takeaway from the paper is we should have been using income from offshore as part of Scotland's totals from the early 1970s. GERS was first published in 1992, the paper casts an ugly shadow over these stats. pureportal.strath.ac.uk/files/328879... www.patreon.com/posts/70-yea...

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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

We would add the Scottish Greens in Scotland. This is a window of opportunity for all the parties mentioned to offer that bold alternative - it's been proven repeatedly it's not coming from the mainstream parties youtube.com/shorts/2TvCI...

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Britain is broken – and our politics can’t fix it

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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