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Mark Carnet speech outstanding ! Hope Starmer was listening ! Amongst other things ( if you can be self supporting in energy your in the SH.t)! Sensible , measured and very knowledgeable calmly telling it as it is, unlike Genghis Trump!

Looks like Energy security just became topical! Likely the chip papers will be screaming it soon

https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-soaring-dependence-us-gas-imports/

R , that’s the problem as there’s no ‘claymore wielding men ‘ in the SNP. They’re all kilted sword dancers with frilly knickers under their kilt to save enquiry ! No the only option is a reform- conservative win backing North Sea and pressuring Westminster in exactly the way you state ! Invest and Develop or hand it over! Otherwise the SNP will similarly let the North Sea fail

Swinney seems to understand energy less than shanks and Milliband ! High cost wind and battery storage with no gas ( phased out ) and nuclear atrophy ! One snip of the interconnector and 24 hours of no wind and Scotland would be goosed : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jYhA0rRzv7DdxFACaJ3bwRj6idwDsmkE/view?pli=1

Enquest put planning for 2 turbines with some locally green actions on peat restoration whilst motioning other plans. Meanwhile swinney delivers a smash and grab of new wind developments under an independent Scotland ! SNP just don’t get it ! Be it oil or wind government robbery doesn’t bring investment : https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2026/01/14/plans-lodged-two-wind-turbines/

R , would be interesting to get Milliband strmer and reeves to give their version from 32mins on . Glassman will stay put as Farage is ephemeral! Offers will give Sarwar a bloody nose which will wake them up and the gravitas of Glassman will finally be sought ( IMHO)

R , excellent piece, one thing he should have ended with in conclusion : This is about our security and independence ! It’s quite obvious from once being the kingmaker the uk is entering its twilight effectively becoming the worlds shoeshine boy !

Well R the AI straw says : The Retail Prices Index (RPI) calculation for the indexation of £91 from January 2006 to November 2025 is approximately £191.13. so the Bulls5!7 of gas plant costs is laid bare as the indexation maintains the higher price for 20 years !! This also means that payment for turning these turbines off is going skyrocket ! Curtailment payments are tomorrows debt taken off balance sheet ( more pfi nonsense)!

R , I’m In a Perth and Kinross , gateway to the highlands as they say ! As to Sharon well I do wonder where it may be heading with all that’s going on: a coup

Perhaps? https://skwawkbox.org/2025/09/01/unite-insiders-accuse-management-of-weaponising-harassment-complaint-made-against-graham-ally/

Unfortunately the head in the sand approach of Three stooges Starmer reeves and Milliband will only be swayed by the politics of failure .. not only will Malcom Offord be decrying Net Zero but will soon be on the stump calling for a full drilling campaign as the Scottish election machine gathers pace !! Only once a crushing blow has been delivered to Sarwar in May will Starmer relax NS policies imho

Roll of the dice : https://www.pennlive.com/news/2025/12/nostradamus-2026-predictions-an-assassination-war-and-rivers-of-blood.html

R suns out here and I’ve 2 pair of magpies jumping & hopping about at either end of the garden despite it being below 0’ …… well on the subject of magpies postie yesterday delivered the usual collection of direct mail including an edition of ‘Scotland needs Reform’ ! There front and centre were Nigel ( no beer) and Malcolm ( Lordless) reminding me of a couple of Magpies about to pick the pockets of the establishment! Wealth heath and happiness to all on the board from the technical to the social commentators this new year and be sure to take a little water with it at midnight :-)

R , yep union leaders are in it for the power of the politic and not so much the right of the worker ! Problem is the unions in Scotland are seeing members sliding to reform so they’re not sure how to position themselves …. Fight Starmer seems their answer but me thinks not the right decision ! This is now the time the unions should be working hand in hand with employers to ensure the jobs of today and those of the future !!!! Time to be positive and co-operative for the greater good of workers ! NOPE the unions should leaders are stubbornly being obtuse and losing the faith of members … See tonight reports of Reforms MSP citing collaboration ! To be sure the hare is running !

Well it looks likely we’ll have a little test of our energy capacity this next 10 days ! So far we’re 40% down on wind in December and about to enter a period of 10-12 days of sub zero temperatures whilst the Christmas break comes to an end ! Let’s hope Norway turn the switch on

Shanks and milliband have much to account for !! Steamer best sack em quick :https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/6923653/oil-gas-workers-transition-aberdeen/

Seems to be falling behind! Simply allow extraction , enable jobs and tax take but don’t look a pillock : https://rationaloptimistsociety.substack.com/p/the-great-climate-climbdown-is-finally?utm_source=multiple-personal-recommendations-email&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true

If you watched Sundays royal Variety show the boos and catcalls that Starmers mention engendered pretty much summed up the ‘Mood of the nation’!

Krak , think they’re 2 different situations! 25+ rural labour Mps v 3 NE Scotland !! Plus the potential vision of a farmer taking their own life v a corporate failing make for a political decision ! Nowt to do with right or wrong just Labour gaming !!! Reeves and Starmer are a total disgrace!

AIM that’s called the ‘Hopper Approach’ !