As I famous in my column in The Nationwide yesterday:

My argument was this:

[Freeports] exist to advertise the concepts of far-right politicians who hate the concept of rules and tax, and who need to revenue from their removing. Saying this I stress that there is no such thing as a convincing proof that freeports create new jobs or prosperity: at greatest they simply transfer jobs in to freeports from neighbouring areas.

However this relocation of jobs isn’t ‘free’ because the title freeport would possibly suggest. It comes at a substantial value, which is the undermining of the legislation and regulation of the areas across the freeport elsewhere in Scotland, which is strictly what their promoters need. Freeports are a part of a tax haven narrative that ought to have been consigned to historical past a long time in the past due to the hurt that they trigger.

The SNP would possibly dwell to remorse the day that it offered operation to Westminster on this subject.

The identical is just about true for the remainder of the UK as properly.