Comment posted Minister at Machrihanish to mark community buyout of former RAF airbase by Simon.
Mm. Well I kinda like windfarms; much prefer them to coal/oil fired power stations or nuclear reactors.
Mind you I do like hydro and wave power as well.
C’mon the power has got to come from somewhere… even Alex Salmond’s surfeit of hot air couldnae heat Campbeltown…could it???
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- Lowry. Machrihanish – good place for a big wind farm??
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- Well done MACC – it’s good to see rural communities like South Kintyre and Ulva Ferry school/community group actually doing something constructive.
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H20 – “Roddy is not fit to lead”.Much closer to the truth is the fact that the SNP are not fit to govern.
I predict months of squabbling ahead as former ‘colleagues’ begin to really turn nasty.
It’ll be interesting to hear Audit Scotland’s take on this. And also to hear more about the alleged improper conduct re the sale of Castle Toward – which has slipped in under the FA radar.
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I see you’ve finally caught up Newsie and amended the story.If this is an accurate report of the split in the Council then you now have a split SNP with members in opposing camps.
At least the split is now official….
How long before one faction or t’other is tossed out of the SNP? When we will see the emergence of the ‘Real SNP’ ???
But really, what a shambles of a political party – I likened them weeks ago to the Judean Popular Peoples’ Front from ‘The Life of Brian’. The truth is though this has now gone way beyond parody.
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What rubbish you print Newsie.“Since the names in the above group add up to 18 and exclude any current SNP members”
Gordon Blair is a current SNP member as is Isobel Strong and Robert McIntyre.
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So, Roddy McCuish has been appointed as the new Leader of the Council.Well that just puts me in mind of ‘you put your right hand in – right hand out – in out in out and shake it all about – you do the hokey cokey and you turn around – that’s what it’s all about. See’.
Will the SNP rebels be happy with this now that McCuish, Semple, Horn, Taylor and Robb seem to have re-imposed themselves?
H20 for one will certainly not be a happy budgie when he hears…
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Graeme “I think we might have more regard for them”, blah, blah, pontificating blah.I think everyone might have more regard for your party and your views if the SNP if they hadn’t made such an unholy mess of their administration in the first place.
The SNP are the problem here – not the solution!
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Well done MACC – it’s good to see rural communities like South Kintyre and Ulva Ferry school/community group actually doing something constructive.
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Yes – definitely, well done to all.
The article in Scotland on Sunday “Revealed: Our rural towns on the brink” made very worrying reading. Let’s hope the Campbeltown community really make a go of this buy out and realise the potential that is within its population. Despite the Miniter’s congratulations, the Scottish Government certainly won’t.
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Lowry. Machrihanish – good place for a big wind farm??
Whatdja think?
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Well, there are two or three down there already, fairly well hidden. Another one was refused on appeal last year. The major offshore proposal seems to have bitten the dust, for now, but who knows what else is planned?! In my view, it would be a real shame to see such a beautiful area covered in the things, especially as there would be no increase in job opportunities to compensate.
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The Kintyre Offshore Wind Action Group did a superb job in demolishing a proposal for south west Kintyre that was fully astray. Their research, their sheer persistence in refusing to be rolled over and the volume of local support they had were unstoppable. some of the turbines proposed were practically on the beach at Machrihanish.
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Alas the on land area just above Machrihanish village is being tested for a future windfarm at this time . I sincerely hope there is enough opposition in the community to sucessfully oppose such a monstrousity
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Mm. Well I kinda like windfarms; much prefer them to coal/oil fired power stations or nuclear reactors.
Mind you I do like hydro and wave power as well.
C’mon the power has got to come from somewhere… even Alex Salmond’s surfeit of hot air couldnae heat Campbeltown…could it???
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Way to go Newsie, riding to the rescue and keeping the price down to a measely pound instead of mega bucks. Now off you go to Syria, twist Assad’s arm behind his back and tell him to stop killing his citizens. But seriously, a good news story and credit to MACC
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we voted many people hoping to start up new job ventures, but alas it seems all the useable building have been takenwith out the majarity getting a chance to bid a fair price on them. all done behind closed doors.
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Sounds like there is a need for more buildings then; the airfield has plenty of space and steel portal buildings are cheap, so there’s no excuse for not creating some mini- and micro-industrial units to stimulate local business.
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