Scots have no right to oppose wind farms - your views

Wind farms are an increasingly familiar sight in Scotland

"And there is no right of appeal other than through judicial review, which is financially dangerous and out of reach of the average person”

Scots have no right to oppose wind farms

Scots are right to question why we do not have the same rights as the English to veto a wind farm development that has no local community support.

Insensitively sited wind farms are objected to in droves by local people and councils as well as statutory consultees such as RSPB and Nature Scot but the Scottish government ploughs ahead overturning these democratically-made decisions.

And there is no right of appeal other than through judicial review, which is financially dangerous and out of reach of the average person.

The lure of community benefit is a sop mopped up by distant communities which are not affected by the development, while the opinion of people living in the shadow of the turbines, are ignored.

No wind farm should be built unless it stands the test of local democratic support.

Graham Lang, Scotland Against Spin, Ceres, Fife.

SNP show true face with latest saga

It is hard to disagree with MSP Annie Wells, who lays into the SNP’s historically inept handling of charges of alleged sexual misconduct.

She asserts, with some reason, that leading figures in the SNP, including the First Minister, Peter Murrell and Angus Robertson, among others, have very serious questions to answer.

Ms Wells’ charges are particularly concerning, as, there had been she claims serious concerns about the latest MP – who has since given up his ministerial post – ‘’for years.’’

That the SNP leader at Westminster would take the complainant to his office, where apparently the MP accused of the offence was already waiting beggars belief. It looks as if it is all about concealment and covering up.

Just when you thought this kind of incident in the SNP was a thing of the past, up pops another. Anyone with a genuine complaint of being harassed and operating within the SNP goldfish bowl will not be reassured.

Alexander McKay, New Cut Rigg, Edinburgh.

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