@RideoutTim

Economist, Geographer & Cartographer, co-founder of XYZ Maps, Convener of the Scottish Currency Group.

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The Scottish Currency Group Q&A. All the answers you need. The Quick Guide to the new Scottish Currency. taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2021…

The Quick Guide to the new Scottish Currency

Tim Rideout has asked me to publish this guide created by the Scottish Currency Group and I am happy to do so: 1. When will the Scottish Pound come into use? As soon as possible after Independence...

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Just out of interest for all the folk that think the UK is such a safe ship and not at all like the Titanic:
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Richard Murphy
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Scottish independence could transform mortgages and pensions in Scotland thenational.scot/politics/26… Me in the @ScotNational this morning.

Scottish independence could transform mortgages and pensions in Scotland

TWO incredibly valuable presentations took place during the Scottish Currency Group conference in Dunfermline on Saturday.

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SNP would be extremely foolish to ignore a report by currency expert, Professor Thibault Laurentjoye, which recommends Scotland should use it’s own currency on day one of independence. #ScottishCurrency #JohnSwinney #SNP #Scotland #Politics #News4Scotland #TheScotlandChannel
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That is the Scottish Currency Group Conference 2026 with over 100 attendees now registered. Prof Laurentjoye and I are about to collect the Reports (160 pages) from the printer. scottish-currency-group-conf…

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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Report on the Scottish Currency Group Conference on the Scotland Channel. youtube.com/shorts/dgJbS3ZOp…

‘Independent Scotland must use own currency from day one’ | NEWS4SCOTLAND

Confusion over currency has been the Union’s sharpest weapon, the S...

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There is still time to get a ticket for the SCG Conference 2026 in Dunfermline on Saturday 24th October. scottish-currency-group-conf…
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You have to laugh (if it were not so tragic) the Brits talk of "Britain's missing sovereign wealth fund": xitter.cf/faisalislam/status/211… At the moment it is estimated that 85% of remaining oil & gas reserves lie in Scottish territorial waters.
Faisal Islam
@faisalislamOct 22
NEW Britain’s missing sovereign wealth fund… Treasury officials have modelled that had the UK done what Norway did with North Sea revenues, there would be a £1 trillion fund… As Chancellor sets up Energy Wealth Fund, a look at the long historical argument about where the oil windfall went, including from interviews with those who have run Norways $2.4 trillion fund, now the biggest in the world, filled from the proceeds of the same North Sea. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm4g…

The 'trillion pound' oil fund the government believes Britain could have built

For the first time, the Treasury calculates how much the UK could have raised by investing North Sea proceeds.

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It is nice that Stuart admits he "knows fuck all" about economics, though I think we had already realised that!
Stuart McColl@StuartMcColl4Oct 22
Replying to @Willie_W_1314 @RideoutTim
You were right about what? Are you sticking up for the disgraced snake oil salesman who knows as much about economics as I do, which other than an o level many years ago is fuck all?
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There are a lot on here that don't understand banks and holding companies, indeed many that simply refuse to do so. Here are the latest Annual Accounts for RBS Plc, for 2025 and lodged at Companies House in June 2026. Now tell us the Royal Bank does not exist!
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Craig Murray
@CraigMurrayOrgOct 21
It takes a lot to get tens of thousands of people to riot. For it to happen simultaneously across several countries points to a supranational underlying cause, as opposed to local grievance at craigmurray.org.uk/archives/…

The Epidemic of Billionaires

It takes a lot to get tens of thousands of people to riot. For it to happen simultaneously across several countries points to a supranatural underlying cause, as opposed to local grievance at an egreg

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I think I have covered all the journalists that might wish to attend the SCG Conference and the Laurentjoye Report on Saturday, but if I have missed you out then let me know.
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That is all the press passes and advance copies of the Laurentjoye Report issued. The rest of yous will have to wait for 10am on Saturday.
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The Isle of Man is 86000 people. It has Douglas Corporation. The other towns like Laxey, Ramsay, Castletown all have a Town Board of Commissioners. Probably around ten councils in total for the Island.
Andy Wightman
@andywightmanOct 19
But it’s true. Scotland is almost certainly the most centralised country in Europe.
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The final version of the Laurentjoye Report is now with the printers. Attend the SCG Conference on Saturday for the Presentation. Tickets on Eventbrite. Congratulations to Prof Laurentjoye on a stunning 160 page work!
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All past and present members of the Scottish Parliament have now been invited to the SCG Conference 2026 to hear the Laurentjoye Report. Be there or be square! Anyone that can dispute his report is welcome to try! Tickets on Eventbrite.
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This is absolutely brilliant. Give it a watch
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
@AbdulElSayedOct 18
This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.
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They won't have a GB£ mortgage as they will be exchanged into S£ mortgages on Independence Day. See the Laurentjoye Report at the SCG Conference on Saturday 24th October. Tickets on Eventbrite.
Kenny Farquharson@KennyFarqOct 19
You haven't addressed the point, AB. If a Scottish family has a mortgage they need to repay in UK pounds, and the family's breadwinners work for a local authority that pays their wages in Scottish pounds, what happens when the Scottish pound loses value against the UK pound?
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Ounka
@OunkaOnXOct 18
Israeli Defense Minister Katz on Lebanon: '60 villages destroyed. 23,000 houses demolished. 200,000 residents gone. This is the Gaza model, and this is the model we are implementing.' Just a Minister of Defense proudly listing the villages he erased and the 200,000 people he displaced They've stopped hiding it
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The Laurentjoye Report is about to hit! Be there or be square! eventbrite.co.uk/e/199072859…
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We do not want to join the Euro! No thanks to the No Growth & Instability Pact! That is exactly what it has delivered over the last 20 years.
Andrew Neil
@afneilOct 9
An iScot would be closer to Mars than meeting the entry criteria for joining the euro!
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