Scandal of lost wind power jobs

especially between Edinburgh and London.

And an ignominous third place in worldwide deaths per million,

Much has improved and Covid wave 2 gives the various players – and the people of this country – the chance to redeem ourselves and get on par with the likes of Germany and Scandinavia.

Allan Sutherland. Willow Row, Stonehaven.

Sir,- As we head into one of the worse economic declines in living memory, the news that Scotland’s SSE has decided to hand all of its fabrication work for one of the world’s biggest offshore wind projects to overseas countries has been greeted with astonishment.

Instead of supporting companies in Scotland, China and Dubai are the lucky recipients of these lucrative contracts, leaving locally-based employment out in the cold.

Many people only tolerate the industrialisation of Scotland’s environment by weather-dependent wind because of the attractive figures for jobs that are pledged for the people who actually live here.

As is increasingly obvious, these assurances are rarely if ever forthcoming and certainly not in the numbers that are predicted in an apparent attempt to make planning consent more ‘acceptable’.

May I respectfully suggest that those in the wind industry and Scottish Government who herald and promise the many new Scottish ‘green’ jobs for every environment busting wind development approved ensure they have a fire extinguisher handy for when their pants ignite.

Lyndsey Ward. Beauly, Inverness.