Terrific article at this link, explaining features of the monetary system by analogy with mathematics and particle physics. Star of the show is Brahmagupta, the 7th Century Indian mathematician and astronomer. His particular claim to fame is that he discovered nothing. (Read on and all will become clear.)
About this time last year I attended a lecture given by a US academic. His theme was, broadly speaking, a review of the various recent experiences of the splitting up of states. The idea was to identify any learning which might inform the debate on the referendum on Scottish independence. I wasn’t happy with his […]
On Tuesday, 23rd September I attended a presentation by Prof. John Curtice, the doyen of TV pollsterism, on the subject of “How Scotland’s Citizens Voted”.[1] Warning us that everything was so hot off the press that there were bound to be typos and glitches, Prof. Curtice took us through his analysis of the referendum result. […]
And Edinburgh and Glasgow Are like ploomen in a pub, They want to hear o naething But their ain foul bubbub . . . Hugh MacDiarmid, from “A Drunk Man Looks At The Thistle” In last week’s referendum Glasgow voted Yes whereas Edinburgh voted No. To be precise: all the Glasgow constituencies voted Yes and […]
Disclosure of interest: the author is a member of the Labour Party (as well as a Yes voter). The astonishing development since the referendum on 18th September is the news that the SNP has almost doubled its membership over the period, from about 26k to about 53k (and still rising). The Green Party has seen […]