Pushmi Pullyu Scottish Government
Alf Young has some interesting things to say on energy policy, but he made me laugh with his description of the very different SNP vs Green take on the outcome of the COP26 conference.
As the Cop26 summit drew to its protracted close in Glasgow last Saturday, Scotland’s first minister issued her take on what had been agreed. Nicola Sturgeon detected some clear signs of hope. “There can be no doubt that the Glasgow summit has made progress on some important issues,” she claimed.
But her new ministerial colleague, the Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie, struck an altogether gloomier tone. Noting the “last-minute weakening of what was already a profoundly inadequate text”, he branded the Glasgow Climate Pact “shameful”.
But her new ministerial colleague, the Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie, struck an altogether gloomier tone. Noting the “last-minute weakening of what was already a profoundly inadequate text”, he branded the Glasgow Climate Pact “shameful”.
More to follow because it's essential reading.
