Right man to lead a green revolution

FORMER Scottish MP Douglas Alexander, now a Senior Fellow at Harvard University, was a Minister in Gordon Brown’s government when he met Joe Biden.

He is confident that the new President sworn in today is well equipped for the challenges the USA and the world face.

He said: “It is hard to think of a more nightmarish in-tray than the one awaiting him when he steps into the Oval Office.

“Yet having met Joe Biden, I know there’s no one better equipped to do deals and make Washington work. His decades of service in the Senate, together with his almost limitless empathy, will be priceless political assets in the years ahead.

“Biden has already set out big plans to roll out the Covid vaccine across the US and to stimulate the economy.

“He’s determined to restore American leadership abroad by rejoining the World Health Organisation and reaffirming the US’s commitment to Nato.

“And he’s also determined that the US plays a leading role in tackling climate change – which is why he’s asked former Secretary of State John Kerry to lead these efforts.

“The prospects for a world-changing, planet-saving deal emerging in Glasgow next November are suddenly looking bright.

“In the 19th Century here in Scotland, we helped birth the Industrial Revolution.

“Now, in the 21st Century. we can help usher in a ‘renewables revolution’.

“And that success is now in touching distance this November in Glasgow because Joe Biden is the man raising his hand this freezing January day in Washington DC.”

CONFIDENT Alexander