An ideological pursuit of a carbon-free world has left Scotland exposed to energy instability, says STRUAN STEVENSON The last Scottish Government’s approach to public spending drifted into a realm where ideology trumped pragmatism, and where virtue-signalling eclipsed value for money. Nowhere did this appear more starkly than in its fixation with renewable energy and the […]
Holyrood must get a grip on the bad bets
Ministers need to stop gambling with the economy and apply more stringent boardroom level scrutiny to policy making, says STRUAN STEVENSON Thousands of words have been written about the waste of public money in the ongoing ferries fiasco – £250 million and counting – as well as the vexed question of who bears responsibility for […]