But it is not clear - judging from an exchange of academic views on Radio Scotland and taken up by Radio 4's 'More or Less' last week - that an independent Scotland would have had to accept the full bill for bank activities beyond its borders.

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Back then, those working in weapons labs and the military tended to hold more alarmist views than many academic experts, arguably because the livelihoods of university professors did not depend on having to hype up the need for arms racing.

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His views are not mere academic musings.

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So they are striking out to discredit Professor Moniz, his views, and the additional large body of academic research and practical experience proving the efficacy and safety of fracking.

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Many people who have consistently and publicly opposed Irving and his views - including Deborah Lipstadt, the American academic, who defeated him in a libel trial - have argued against the type of holocaust denial law used by Austria.

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