BREAKING NEWS - Respected Economist Sir Donald MacKay has come out in favour of Scottish Independence. This is hugely significant and his arguments present an extremely strong case for independence. Here is the link to an interview with him on todays BBC Scotland Good Morning Scotland programme. Sir Donalds interview starts at 1:09:25 The news has also just been reported minutes ago by the SNP press office, link here... snp.org/media-centre/news/2014/aug/sir-donald-mackay-backs-economic-case-yes First Minister Alex Salmond has welcomed new analysis of Scotland’s oil and gas reserves by Professor Sir Donald Mackay - former chairman of Scottish Enterprise and former Economic Adviser to the Secretary of State for Scotland – who sets out why the UK Government’s Office of Budget Responsibility is “precisely wrong” and “hopelessly at sea”. Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland this morning he also made clear why an independent Scotland will be in a better financial position than the rest of the UK and that the Scottish Government’s proposals are “perfectly sensible”. About Sir Donald - Sir Donald was a founding Director of a number of companies, including a bank, financial services company and an oil operating company. He has served as a Non-Executive Director with a number of private companies including Grampian Holdings and the Malcolm Group. He was Chairman of Scottish Enterprise and a Board member of a number of public companies (South of Scotland Electricity Board and the Sea Fish Industry Authority). As an economic consultant, he advised the Scotch Whisky Association for a period of 20 years from 1981. He was also an Economic Adviser to the Secretary of State for Scotland for over 25 years. He is presently Chairman of the Scottish Mortgage Trust and a Director of Edinburgh Income and Value Trust. reformscotland/index.php/about/advisory-board/donald-mackay Sir Donald MacKay, Debretts entry - debretts/people-of-today/profile/1506/Donald-Iain-MacKAY bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074hf7
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:29:53 +0000
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