Finance Secretary Kate Forbes is seeking more powers for the Scottish Government Those of a certain age might remember 1978’s Give ‘em Enough Rope, The Clash’s second album perhaps best known for Tommy Gun. While using the phrase “give them enough rope to hang themselves” might not be politically correct these days, it’s still heard in unionist arguments for giving the Scottish Parliament more power to raise and control its own revenues. More common is the view that if the SNP Government is given more financial rope, it will hang us all.
The dilemma was illustrated on Thursday, when Scottish […]
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