“The chief executive of defence giant Babcock has said the company could move its huge fabrication yard facilities from Rosyth to England within a few years if it was made to feel unwelcome in an independent Scotland.” – The Courier, February 16, 2022 Source

Westminster’s new powers post-Brexit mean the Scottish Government may be prevented from raising environmental standards, even though they are supposed to be devolved. The Scottish Government is also powerless to protect existing standards as the UK lowers them.  The Scottish government is committed to keeping pace with EU environmental standards (partly to ease EU entry […] Source

AN unearthed Scottish Labour tweet shows a “betrayal” of HMRC Cumbernauld workers by Better Together campaign, the Scottish Greens have said. Source

“I’m afraid I haven’t got a great deal of time for the Scottish National Party … they’re complaining and pigeon themselves against the English and taking more money from English taxpayers than English taxpayers get for themselves … ” – former Labour minister Jack Straw on Sky News, 1 Feb 2022 Source

THERE has been considerable discussion about the high price of oil and gas. Accordingly, I should like to clarify a few points on the operation of the wholesale market and how it impacts on the delivered price to the customer, industrial (including commercial) and the domestic markets. Source

ENERGY generators in Scotland will be forced to pay £465 million in transmission charges by 2026 while those in England and Wales will get a £30m subsidy, new figures reveal. Source

OIL and gas giant Shell has predicted a big boost in profits in its natural gas division because of soaring prices. The company is to report its fourth quarter results at the beginning of next month but said it expects them to be “significantly higher” year on year in its integrated gas business. Both Shell […] Source

RIGHT-WING Westminster gossip blog Guido Fawkes has been left red-faced after their “fact check” of the SNP was “fact checked” in turn, and found to be completely wrong. Source

RIGHT-WING Westminster gossip blog Guido Fawkes has been left red-faced after their “fact check” of the SNP was “fact checked” in turn, and found to be completely wrong. Source

THE SNP have said only independence can protect Scottish workers from “outdated” UK Government employment laws. Source

Boris fibbing as usual. Britain’s vaccination roll-out now lags western Europe by a mile while we have the poorest economic output record of the big industrial nations since Covid. Source

Boris fibbing as usual. Britain’s vaccination roll-out now lags western Europe by a mile while we have the poorest economic output record of the big industrial nations since Covid. Source

A SCOTTISH business has revealed how it missed out on a whopping £50,000 worth of EU funding due to Brexit. Source

“Scotland’s growing sewage spill problem…” – BBC twitter Source