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There is no independence from Westminster without a Scottish Currency
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We are planning for a Scottish Central Bank, payments system & regulatory structures for introduction of a Scottish currency on Independence Day
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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · Jun 14
SCOTTISH CURRENCY GROUP CONFERENCE

SAT 24 OCTOBER 2026

CARNEGIE CONFERENCE CENTRE, DUNFERMLINE

10.15 - 5.30

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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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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...
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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September 14, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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A lesson for Scotland using the currency of a much larger neighbour who wants our resources

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Unequal exchange in Africa’s CFA Zone
New data on France, Europe and China.
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September 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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See Prem Sikka at the SSRG conference 16-18 Oct in Dunfermline. Tim Rideout, Convenor of SCG will also be speaking

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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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September 10, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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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
September 6, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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DON'T FORGET TO BOOK YOUR TICKETS FOR THE ONE DAY SCOTTISH CURRENCY GROUP CONFERENCE 24 OCTOBER 2026 IN DUNFERMLINE.

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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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August 31, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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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
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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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August 24, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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Here is the latest SCG article in The National today

Archive: archive.ph/jCoVZ

www.thenational.scot/comment/2646...
Scottish Currency Group responds to Scottish currency and foreign exchange myths
THE Scottish Currency Group’s article in
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August 17, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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How a supply-side catastrophe and foreign debts destroyed an economy – and why the printing press was a symptom, not the cause mmt101.substack.com/p/the-weimar...
The Weimar Republic, Wheelbarrows of cash and The Real Causes of Germany’s Hyperinflation
How a supply-side catastrophe and foreign debts destroyed an economy – and why the printing press was a symptom, not the cause
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August 10, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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Jim Osborne - Scottish Currency Group

Investing in ourselves

www.thenational.scot/politics/264...
Independence is not a fresh start without a new currency
INDEPENDENCE will create a new Scottish state and a new social contract between the state and its citizens
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August 5, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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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.

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Why an independent Scotland NEEDS it's own currency
YouTube video by The National
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August 5, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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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...
Scottish Currency Group Conference - 2026 - The Final Report
The Currency Plan & Policy Options for Scotland. Final Report from Professor Thibault Laurentjoye.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 14, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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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
July 29, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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From Resilient Economy Scotland. The SCG agrees with this summary

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July 21, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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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...
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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July 13, 2026 at 8:34 AM
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June 29, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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"The NHS becomes the place where wider policy failure finally becomes visible.
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The NHS Is Where Scotland Pays the Bill for Policy Failure
Scotland does not only have a health-service crisis. It has a prevention, poverty, housing, care and inequality crisis that eventually reaches the hospital door.
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June 21, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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"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."
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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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June 18, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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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...
Scottish Currency Group Conference - 2026 - The Final Report
The Currency Plan & Policy Options for Scotland. Final Report from Professor Thibault Laurentjoye.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 14, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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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.

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Clara Mattei: capitalism is not natural - it’s enforced
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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June 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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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...
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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June 13, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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From a year ago from SCG
May 25, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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Scottish Currency Group's Jim Osborne in the National today

www.thenational.scot/comment/2613...
It's time to end Scotland's reliance on private-sector consultants
Scotland's parliament has a different look to it after the election. The right has fewer seats than previously
www.thenational.scot
May 25, 2026 at 8:13 AM
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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...
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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May 25, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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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.
May 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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Archive archive.ph/Sto2d

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The world is unstable – here's how Scotland builds a resilient economy
Resilience has always been a key theme in the Scotonomics newsletter. Over the past three years, we have covered the lack of resilience in our…
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May 6, 2026 at 9:24 AM