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The SNP twists in the wind on climate change
The Scottish government seems at sixes and sevens over almost every strategic policy as Extinction Rebellion and others push it against the wall (of Holyrood, naturally)
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon refused to say whether new gas-fired power stations were consistent with her declaration of a climate emergency

FROM SUNDAY through to Thursday next week, Extinction Rebellion protesters will host a “climate camp” outside Holyrood.

Having announced a “climate emergency” you’d think Nicola Sturgeon would be the first to sign up — but when I asked her spokesman if she’d be visiting, he said he hadn’t even heard of it.

Meanwhile Transport Secretary Michael Matheson said “good progress” had been made to “increase revenue, deliver operating efficiencies and pursue exciting opportunities for the future,” and so Prestwick Airport was ready to be re-privatised. Matheson, like so many of his colleagues, seems to believe this emergency is something one can opt in and out of at one’s convenience.

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