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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@indyposterboy.scot

So, the treasurer of a party that hasn’t won an election in Scotland since the 1950s wants to build enormous data centres here. Conveniently far away from Tory voters in the south of England.

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Kate Byrne
@katebyrne.bsky.social

Of course. But there is also a false assumption, namely that there is enough water in Scotland. There has been water scarcity in many parts of Scotland this year. That’s a better wrecking ball than pure politics. Perhaps we could build them in the North Sea when the oil is finished.

angus-indy-lady.bsky.social
@angus-indy-lady.bsky.social

Did you read this properly? The Tory government Rejected in Scotland for 70 years wants to dump not only AI in Scotland but more Nuclear. Why don’t they dump in their own Voters doorstep, not a country who has rejected them for 7 Decades.

Kate Byrne
@katebyrne.bsky.social

The person pushing for the changes is Andrew Bowie. To do this the Tories plan to diminish the power of the Scottish government through legislation. I’m in the process of writing to my MSP to ask what can be done to make this really difficult. Looks like it means working with the current Labour

Kate Byrne
@katebyrne.bsky.social

government. Burnham was in Gordon Brown’s cabinet, they know what needs to be done. We all have to try and do something to force some change. I think the water situation is important too. I’m on a private supply & we had to put in a new source as the old one dried up. It is an old but stupid