THE intended benefit of green freeports is to help regenerate the Highland areas that have seen decline, including fewer jobs, resulting in many of the younger generation moving away.
If the benefits to Scotland and its people were any kind of priority to the UK Government, why is this not happening?of up to 2GW of energy from Scotland’s renewable energy reserves o the rest of the UK. Enough energy for two million homes. The UK Government is supporting proposed infrastructure including huge pylons, very large substations and battery storage fields, adversely affecting areas in Scotland, while Scotland will contribute to the cost. Meanwhile England will benefit.
Having now read about all the trials and tribulations, the pros and cons, the for and against freeports and I do wish that an open meeting could be held with all the contributors answering questions and defending what they have scribed in the many columns over the last week. I’m sure I won’t be alone in my position wondering who to believe and who not, around NEW jobs, the difficulty in monitoring the port, the benefits to the areas etc etc.
5. “The vandalism here is terrible. It’s all Nicola Sturgeon’s fault giving them free bus travel.” I think the disconnected thinking here is self-evident.What are the reasons for these views? Lack of unbiased political education, misinformation from the media and to a large extent, cognitive dissonance would be my candidates.MY husband’s father died years before we were married, but my husband still quoted one of his maxims to our children when they were growing up.