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In a review published today, the Fraser of Allander institute suggests that as many as 37,000 jobs may be lost next year and that a further 12,000 may be lost in 2010, with the Scottish economy declining by between 1 and 1.6 per cent.
There are other ways to provide BBC Alba on Freeview now without excluding residents of Scotland from BBC services that they pay for. The answer may lie with our old friend the seventh mux.
Is there a projection based on 2010 prices of how costs may rise up to 2015-16? We are working on that, but the 2010 prices are no more relevant than the 2007 ones.
A policy of minimum pricing for alcohol is wrong because it will penalise responsible drinkers, may well be illegal under European Union rules and will cost jobs in our vital spirits industry.
If the management system is to be acceptable and to work properly, that issue must be faced, which may mean doing all sorts of things in order to maintain the community.
The one possible big advantage of the carbon assessment is that it may also help the conversation and negotiation about who is responsible for doing what.