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Wind Energy’s Absurd

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When we hear SNP politicians prattling on about the islands being given special consideration in respect of CfDs; when we hear Claire Perry rattling on about it too; when you read about one or other Shetland interconnector being almost a ‘done deal’, we get angry because we know from our colleagues how many Shetlanders do not want to find themselves in part of a giant wind farm.

This piece from Frank Hay of Sustainable Shetland gives the background – from the first weasel murmurings in 2008, through the disregard of thousands of Shetlanders who were against the proposal by the then Minister of Business, Energy and Tourism, Fergus Ewing.

And talking of Ewing, or Flip-Flop as we called him, we see that he’s been having a spat with Jeremy Paxman over fish farms.

Paxman said: ‘If the Scottish Government wants to b***** up the nation’s environment that is its affair. But spare us the blathering nonsense of a speak-your-weight machine nincompoop.’

Well said Jezza. The Scottish Government has no compunction about b****ing up the nation’s environment in any regard.

Note in the Shetland piece the involvement of Shetlands Island Council.