Tag: Oil
North Sea oil propels Norway, not Scotland, up the league of...
by Alex Porter Norway is now the second richest country in the world in terms of wealth per capita, thanks to her oil income...
LABOUR’S BANKRUPT BRITAIN
by Alex Porter In the vacuum caused by want of political principle or ideology, big business – sly, genius and organised – instilled in...
‘Daft, Deluded & Dangerous’ – Media coverage of last weeks FMQs
First Ministers Questions (FMQs) is the weekly event held in the Scottish parliament that sees the leader of each of the opposition groups question...
Ireland defended after attack by Labour’s Iain Gray
Irish Economist Marc Coleman has defended Ireland’s financial reputation after the country’s economy was attacked by Labour’s Holyrood leader Iain Gray (pictured) on Thursday at...
The ‘Megrahi Effect’ and a forgotten disaster
With BBC Scotland and just about every other Scottish media outlet more or less anointing Iain Gray as First Minister designate,...
Calls for oil fund increase after yet another major discovery
The SNP have repeated their calls for an oil fund to be set up following the announcement of yet another major oil...
US Oil Companies lobbied ‘Lockerbie’ Senator to protect Libya
New information has emerged showing the extent of lobbying of the US Senate by US oil firms over business deals with Libya....
First Minister calls for North Sea taxation to be devolved
First Minister Alex Salmond has called for North Sea taxation to be devolved to Holyrood arguing that Scotland should start to benefit from its...