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  • Infinite and Everywhere

    The journey to net zero means leaving behind the fossil fuel era, and moving towards a world which will power itself by extracting energy from super-abundant resources. This has profoundly important consequences for those attempting to prosecute an argument for Scottish independence based on resource nationalism.

  • Fiscal Reality Bites

    These Islands has frequently taken apart the myth that Scotland sends more to Westminster than it gets back in public spending, but never as comprehensively as this. Kevin Hague’s new analysis is the definitive debunking.

  • Wrong With The Wind

    Scotland has substantial renewable energy resources, and that’s a very good thing. But hugely exaggerating the size of the potential resource for political purposes is not a good thing. This is the story of how the Scottish Government has for years been knowingly inflating Scotland's share of Europe's potential offshore wind resource.

  • Choose Your Poison: The SNP’s Currency Headache

    In an important new paper, These Islands takes a detailed look at the currency options to be debated at the SNP Spring Conference.