How net zero is sending your energy bills through the roof - and Things Can Only Get Worse scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…

Good morning. Here is the front page from The Scotsman for Thursday

£1 billion paid to windfarm companies to stop generating electricity is scandalous waste of money, via Alistair Carmichael MP scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…

Electricity rates have risen 47% faster than the CPI the last 12 months, and nearly 24% overall since the Biden-Harris administration began. High electricity bills are the result of government-dictated green energy schemes. 🧵👇

Kate Forbes hints at no further Scottish Government tax rises scotsman.com/news/scottish-…

Parliament is back tomorrow. Has the govt been too gloomy? Some Labour MPs think so. And the growing concern about the decision to scrap Winter Fuel Payments for millions… After Starmer's 'gloom', Labour MPs want some cheer bbc.com/news/articles/…

always a relief when someone talented, who truly loves newspapers, gets to edit a newspaper. it's not always the case.

Ed Miliband 1, You didn't do anything. These bids were made well before you came to power. 2, All the bids are more expensive than the gas price. So how exactly are they going to lower bills?

Blowing through all the ScotWind cash (on day-to-day spending) within three years. What a farce. And a farce perpetrated by this sequence of Cabinet Secretaries: Kate Forbes, John Swinney, Shona Robison.

Net zero is sending energy bills through the roof – and Things Can Only Get Worse scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…

SNP considering cancelling controversial independence papers scotsman.com/news/politics/…

Scottish Government funding crisis created by SNP, paid for by working Scots scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…

SCOTSMAN: Fury as SNP’s £500m of brutal spending cuts are laid bare #TomorrowsPapersToday

Watch the video. This is misinformation. The price (paid by the government) for new electricity from offshore wind has risen to £82-£84/MWh in current prices, a significant 58% increase since the previous auction. Ultimately, the UK taxpayer will be hit the hardest by this.

💥So the Sunday Mail story wasn’t ‘total nonsense’ as Health Secretary Neil Gray claimed. Will he now apologise ?

This attitude pervaded under Sturgeon and now continues. Journalist reports the truth, politician denies the truth and journalist abused roundly. Politician then confirms journalist was right the first time when the heat doesn't die down. Gray should apologise to John Ferguson.

Miliband’s empty energy promise spectator.co.uk/article/miliba…

I was among the first to cross Scotland's newest bridge which opens on Saturday scotsman.com/news/transport…

Prisoners asked to fill in experience survey 'like Trip Advisor review' scotsman.com/news/prisoners…

Mario Draghi's report on European competitiveness -- the key message on energy states the very often ignored obvious: "High energy costs in Europe are an obstacle to growth" Executive summary (69 pages): commission.europa.eu/document/downl… Full report (328 pages): commission.europa.eu/document/downl…