it's so cheap they had to up the strike price for offshore wind in AR7 to £113/MWh to attract bidders, way above the NESO projection. Solar seems to be very cost effective, offshore wind much less so… (View Post)

One of the problems with leaving (viable) oil and gas in the ground is we are only going to be importing it from elsewhere, generally places with much poorer environmental regs than the UK. So we are… (View Post)

There's certainly more chance of Andrew Bowie holding onto his seat than any other Tory in Scotland at present. Braemar and Royal Deeside (along with parts of Scottish Borders) are less vulnerable to… (View Post)

What surprises me is storm Amy was worst in Scotland. So maybe a southern diversion should have been on the table very early on, even not bothering with an attempt at Prestwick (View Post)

It's a tax on people moving home, particularly if people want to downsize or go to a bungalow from a bigger property. You can continue to tweak the tax system after it is removed, either by reforming… (View Post)