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Scotland should not have any historic debt, Part 2 - why Business for Scotland are in denial about their calculations.

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I've noticed for a few months now that Business for Scotland are now trying to claim that Scotland shouldn't be responsible for UK debt because its  historic contribution to Scottish debt .  That is, the author has done some calculations and came to some conclusions, but he's refusing to actually publish them. Believe me I've tried  to get them, he refuses to answer questions or even post my questions in his comments section. It then got even worse at the start of this year when the author and I had a direct conversation. This is reproduced below and shows exactly how much of a charlatan he is.* But before I get to that it's worth stating clearly why I think they are wrong.  Richard Murphy has joined in the game  as well. Having burnt his bridges with the nationalist community with his devastating critique of the SNP's currency policy, he was evidently keen to make amends with the nationalist community. I've been commenting in his blog and he's at least