Today’s letters to The Courier.
Sir, – It should come as no great surprise to Dundee that Forth Ports have shelved plans for the Leith biomass plant and are intent on powering ahead with the installation of this poisonous behemoth here in the centre of our city.
The double standards that these people and our Scottish Government thrust upon us become more transparent on a daily basis.
The blatant dishonesty surrounding this process is scandalous but especially all this nonsense about Memorandums of Intent which quickly trip off the tongues of the SNP when their faltering spinning of the unemployment plate requires a boost.
As we have come to see, these memorandums of intent are just all hot air.
As I understand it, Gamesa viewed Dundee at the same time as a location in England but it took them more than a year to establish our port was too small. Yet, conveniently, this bought the SNP time, with their false job hopes, through to winning an election.
We hear the SNP bleating on about the jobs the biomass plant will bring; yes, this is true, but we don’t want to get jobs regardless of cost.
Do we hear the SNP fighting the case for hundreds of similar jobs Asda wish to bring to Dundee but are embroiled in backstabbing with their near competitive neighbour? No.
Think to yourself: why did the people of Leith not want this biomass plant? Because it’s bad news, potentially poisonous, a major blot on the landscape and not in the slightest eco-friendly.
Please, Dundee don’t be browbeaten into accepting what will be the biggest disaster to be thrust upon our city in generations.
Ian Milne.Craigiebarn Road,Dundee.
Burnt bridges
Sir, – The very public spat between Donald Trump and the Scottish Government makes for interesting reading.
However, Mr Trump may have burned his bridges as, should Scotland vote for independence, he has now no chance of the First Minister having him crowned King of Scotland at Scone.
Dr David Kennedy, former principal of Robert Gordon University who handed back his honorary degree in protest at the university bestowing a similar honour on Mr Trump, has now been proved correct.
R. T. Smith.30 Braeside Terrace, Aberdeen.
Flushed away
Sir, – I’m sure everyone feels deeply sympathetic for Peter Grant who has so many weighty decisions to make.
The latest target is to save £200,000 by closing all the public conveniences in Fife. Presumably he will also recommend a relaxation of the public indecency laws as people, especially those not in the first “flush” of youth, will have to relieve themselves somewhere.
If Mr Grant and five or six other councillors resigned we’d easily save the necessary £200k and we would find if we could actually live more happily without them.
Ken Greenaway.Torr of Kedlock,Cupar.
Short memory
Sir, – In response to George McIrvine, secretary of Unison for Tayside Police Staff Branch and Labour candidate’s letter, I’d like to point out it was Labour’s inadequacies when in government that put a strain not only on police budgets but also on the whole economy.
A. Short.St Nicholas Place,Dundee.
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